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SheetCA-ARDEN-ARCADE-CA · Arden-Arcade, CA 96,319 pop · income 52nd 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 Arden-Arcade
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Arden-Arcade on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Yakima · lowest
59,228
Yakima · lowest
59,228 median HH income
50.1% of the leader · rank #1
Union · near
71,760
Union · near
71,760 median HH income
60.7% of the leader · rank #2
Williamstown · near
71,761
Williamstown · near
71,761 median HH income
60.7% of the leader · rank #3
East Peoria · near
71,763
East Peoria · near
71,763 median HH income
60.7% of the leader · rank #4
Arden-Arcade · this city
71,767
Arden-Arcade · this city
71,767 median HH income
60.7% of the leader · rank #5
Temple · near
71,773
Temple · near
71,773 median HH income
60.7% of the leader · rank #6
Tracy · highest
118,253
Tracy · highest
118,253 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 Arden-Arcade 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: 96,319.
Arden-Arcade ranks in the 52nd percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
52nd
percentile, household income
85th
percentile, home value
88th
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: Arden-Arcade, CA
California's Arden-Arcade is a small city, with 96,319 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in Arden-Arcade report a median income of $71,767 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 14.2%. Home values in Arden-Arcade run a median of $504,400, and the median resident age is 36.8 years. 36.4% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 57.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
California carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts California at 110.7 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Above Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $2,053 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in California run around $275, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. The average commute for Arden-Arcade workers runs 21.4 minutes, with 69.2% driving alone and 16.2% working from home. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 88.7 out of 100 (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Arden-Arcade'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 work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Arden-Arcade, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Arden-Arcade?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 7.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 14.2%, 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. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
What does the journey to work look like in Arden-Arcade?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 69.2%. The reported mean trip to work is 21.4 minutes.
Which cities make useful reference points for Arden-Arcade?
Within California, the closest population matches are Tracy (95,358 residents, $118,253 income); San Marcos (94,078 residents, $105,286 income); Vista (98,646 residents, $91,854 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Sunrise, FL (96,633 residents); Suffolk, VA (96,638 residents); Yakima, WA (96,810 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.
Above median income · poverty 14.2% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.7 (US=100)
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
F
City profile score · Arden-Arcade, CA
36/100
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.
Bachelor's+ share B-
36.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income C-
$71,767
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
14.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
110.7 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Arden-Arcade profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 69/100 (B-) · 36.4%
Household income: 51/100 (C-) · $71,767
Poverty rate: 24/100 (F) · 14.2%
Cost of living: 6/100 (F) · 110.7 index
How does Arden-Arcade compare to other US cities?
Arden-Arcade measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income52% higher than other cities
Home value85% pricier than other cities
Median rent88% 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 Arden-Arcade against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to California only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
California-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Arden-Arcade near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Arden-Arcade ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Arden-Arcade only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#895 of 1,338
33rd percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Median Home Value
#690 of 1,343
49th percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#313 of 1,450
78th percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#497 of 1,458
66th percentile in California
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 California only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
52nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Arden-Arcade's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$504,40015th percentilemore affordable than 15% 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
Arden-Arcade's home-value-to-income ratio: 7.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,679 of 15,516
More affordable than 5% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#650 of 750
Mid-size cities (50,000–199,999)
At 7.0×, Arden-Arcade sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,679 of 15,516 and #650 of 750mid-size cities (50,000–199,999).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
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
$71,767Arden-Arcade, CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Arden-Arcade, CA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Arden-Arcade, CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)36.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)14.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)57.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
96,319
Median Income
$71,767
Median Home Value
$504,400
Median Age
36.8
Poverty Rate
14.2%
Labor force participation
57.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
36.4%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
21.4 minutes
Drive Alone
69.2%
Carpool
7.8%
Public Transit
1.6%
Walk
1.8%
Work from Home
16.2%
Other
3.4%
Based on 42,391 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
California statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $275
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across California at $275 (electricity about $150 , water and sewer about $70 ).
These are California statewide averages, not a meter reading for Arden-Arcade. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
California's BEA cost-of-living index is 110.7 (Well Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Arden-Arcade is $2,053/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to California statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 88.7 / 100 (Very High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a California statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Arden-Arcade sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Arden-Arcade compares to similar-size California 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.