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Place dossier plate
SheetCA-AVERY-CA · Avery, CA 199 pop · income 34th 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 Avery
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Avery on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Johnson · lowest
45,757
Johnson · lowest
45,757 median HH income
33.1% of the leader · rank #1
Avery · this city
59,417
Avery · this city
59,417 median HH income
43.0% of the leader · rank #2
Como · near
59,417
Como · near
59,417 median HH income
43.0% of the leader · rank #3
Jette · near
59,417
Jette · near
59,417 median HH income
43.0% of the leader · rank #4
Ewing · near
59,417
Ewing · near
59,417 median HH income
43.0% of the leader · rank #5
Tontogany · near
59,417
Tontogany · near
59,417 median HH income
43.0% of the leader · rank #6
Bowles · highest
138,167
Bowles · highest
138,167 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 Avery 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: 199.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Avery lands in the 34th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
34th
percentile, household income
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: Avery, CA
California's Avery is a small town, with 199 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Avery households earn a median of $59,417 annually, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 24.2%. The median resident age is 36.6 years. Educational attainment runs 60.0% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 58.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 2 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
California carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, California scores 110.7 (Well Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $2,053 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts California's average monthly utility costs around $275 (state average). Workers in Avery report an average commute of 11.1 minutes, with 55.7% driving alone and 44.3% working from home. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 88.7 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Avery'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 schools and households 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 Avery, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the education layer cover for Avery?
The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 60.0% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
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 55.7%. The reported mean trip to work is 11.1 minutes.
Which cities make useful reference points for Avery?
Within California, the closest population matches are Salton Sea Beach (198 residents); Smartsville (198 residents, $78,664 income); Cassel (201 residents). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Daviston, AL (199 residents); Crowley, CO (199 residents); Johnson, CO (199 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.
Below median income · poverty 24.2% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.7 (US=100)
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
F
City profile score · Avery, CA
31/100
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 A+
60.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$59,417
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
24.2%
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).
Avery profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 92/100 (A+) · 60.0%
Household income: 34/100 (F) · $59,417
Poverty rate: 7/100 (F) · 24.2%
Cost of living: 6/100 (F) · 110.7 index
How does Avery compare to other US cities?
Here's how Avery stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income34% higher 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 Avery 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 Avery near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Avery ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Avery only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#1,063 of 1,338
21st percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#141 of 1,450
90th percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#174 of 1,458
88th 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
34th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$59,417Avery, CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Avery, 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 Avery, CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)60.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)24.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)58.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
199
Median Income
$59,417
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
36.6
Poverty Rate
24.2%
Labor force participation
58.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
60.0%
Schools
Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
11.1 minutes
Drive Alone
55.7%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
44.3%
Based on 88 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 Avery. 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 Avery 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 Avery sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Avery 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, NCES CCD, 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.