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Place dossier plate
SheetAZ-CIBECUE-AZ · Cibecue, AZ 2,300 pop · income 1st pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Cibecue
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Cibecue on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Gorman · lowest
21,607
Gorman · lowest
21,607 median HH income
15.2% of the leader · rank #1
Cibecue · this city
21,629
Cibecue · this city
21,629 median HH income
15.2% of the leader · rank #2
Altona · near
21,629
Altona · near
21,629 median HH income
15.2% of the leader · rank #3
Guayabal comu… · near
21,632
Guayabal comu… · near
21,632 median HH income
15.2% of the leader · rank #4
Bunkie · near
21,634
Bunkie · near
21,634 median HH income
15.2% of the leader · rank #5
Chidester · near
21,641
Chidester · near
21,641 median HH income
15.2% of the leader · rank #6
Timberline-Fe… · highest
142,135
Timberline-Fe… · highest
142,135 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Cibecue on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 2,300.
Nationally, Cibecue sits in the 1st percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
1st
percentile, household income
1st
percentile, home value
64th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Cibecue, AZ
Cibecue is a small town in Arizona, home to 2,300 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $21,629 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 63.8%. Typical homes in Cibecue are valued around $55,000, and the median resident age is 27.4 years. 1.7% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 37.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Arizona tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Arizona at 100.7 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,419 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Arizona's average monthly utility costs around $215 (state average). Natural-hazard exposure scores 84.5 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Cibecue's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Cibecue, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, matched public-school count, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Cibecue?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 63.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Which cities make useful reference points for Cibecue?
Within Arizona, the closest population matches are Linden (2,299 residents, $91,378 income); Black Canyon (2,297 residents, $69,718 income); Timberline-Fernwood (2,326 residents, $142,135 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Tremont, IL (2,300 residents); Mechanic Falls, ME (2,300 residents); Marist College, NY (2,300 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
What does the journey to work look like in Cibecue?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 98.2%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 63.8% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
100.7 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Arizona average
F
City profile score · Cibecue, AZ
9/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living F
100.7 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income F
$21,629
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
63.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
1.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Cibecue profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 37/100 (F) · 100.7 index
Household income: 0/100 (F) · $21,629
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 63.8%
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 1.7%
How does Cibecue compare to other US cities?
Where Cibecue sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income1% higher than other cities
Home value1% pricier than other cities
Median rent64% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Cibecue against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Arizona only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Arizona-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Cibecue near the bottom of Arizona's cities
Among the 394 Arizona cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Cibecue ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Cibecue only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#329 of 333
1st percentile in Arizona
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 394
0th percentile in Arizona
Median Home Value
#297 of 327
9th percentile in Arizona
Poverty Rate
#10 of 393
97th percentile in Arizona
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#352 of 394
10th percentile in Arizona
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Arizona only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
1st percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Cibecue's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$55,000Among the most affordablemore affordable than 99% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Cibecue's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#4,213 of 15,516
More affordable than 73% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#3,782 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.5×, Cibecue sits in the affordable band:
national rank #4,213 of 15,516 and #3,782 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$21,629Cibecue, AZ median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Cibecue, AZ median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Cibecue, AZ.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)1.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)63.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)37.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,300
Median Income
$21,629
Median Home Value
$55,000
Median Age
27.4
Poverty Rate
63.8%
Labor force participation
37.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
1.7%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
98.2%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
1.8%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 557 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Arizona statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $215
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Arizona at $215 (electricity about $131 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Arizona statewide averages, not a meter reading for Cibecue. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Arizona's BEA cost-of-living index is 100.7 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Cibecue is $1,419/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Arizona statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 84.5 / 100 (High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Arizona statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Cibecue sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Cibecue compares to similar-size Arizona cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.