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SheetCA-CAMBRIAN-PARK-CA · Cambrian Park, CA 3,752 pop · income 98th 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 Cambrian Park
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Cambrian Park on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Farmington · lowest
51,094
Farmington · lowest
51,094 median HH income
26.3% of the leader · rank #1
South Kensing… · near
193,793
South Kensing… · near
193,793 median HH income
99.6% of the leader · rank #2
Cambrian Park · this city
193,933
Cambrian Park · this city
193,933 median HH income
99.7% of the leader · rank #3
Barton Creek · near
193,971
Barton Creek · near
193,971 median HH income
99.7% of the leader · rank #4
Independence · near
194,205
Independence · near
194,205 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #5
Timberlane · near
194,286
Timberlane · near
194,286 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #6
Lake Norman o… · highest
194,519
Lake Norman o… · highest
194,519 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 Cambrian Park 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: 3,752.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Cambrian Park places in the 98th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
98th
percentile, household income
99th
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: Cambrian Park, CA
Cambrian Park is a small town in California, home to 3,752 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Cambrian Park households earn a median of $193,933 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 3.3%. Home values in Cambrian Park sit on the ACS top-code of $2,000,000+; the true median is at least that high and is not published exactly, and the median resident age is 49.4 years. About 55.4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 60.3% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
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). 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 Cambrian Park'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 Cambrian Park, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, matched public-school count, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Cambrian Park?
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.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 10.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.3%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Cambrian Park?
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.
Within California, the closest population matches are Old Stine (3,756 residents, $65,026 income); Esparto (3,744 residents, $104,706 income); Idyllwild-Pine Cove (3,762 residents, $83,205 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Edgecliff, TX (3,752 residents); Captain Cook, HI (3,751 residents); Aledo, IL (3,753 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Cambrian Park?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 78.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
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.
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
Note: Census ACS censors the tails of median household income ($250,000+ / under $2,500) and median home value ($2,000,000+ / under $10,000).
Home value is shown as $2,000,000+ for the same reason.
B-
City profile score · Cambrian Park, CA
68/100
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.
Household income A+
$193,933
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A
55.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate B+
3.3%
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).
Cambrian Park profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 100/100 (A+) · $193,933
Bachelor's+ share: 89/100 (A) · 55.4%
Poverty rate: 76/100 (B+) · 3.3%
Cost of living: 6/100 (F) · 110.7 index
How does Cambrian Park compare to other US cities?
Where Cambrian Park sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income98% higher than other cities
Home value99% 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 Cambrian Park 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 Cambrian Park near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Cambrian Park ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Cambrian Park only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#81 of 1,338
94th percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Median Home Value
#1 of 1,343
95th percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#1,010 of 1,450
30th percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#216 of 1,458
85th 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
98th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Cambrian Park's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$2,000,000+1st percentilemore affordable than 1% 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
Cambrian Park's home-value-to-income ratio: 10.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#15,379 of 15,516
More affordable than 1% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#11,230 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 10.3×, Cambrian Park sits in the pressured band:
national rank #15,379 of 15,516 and #11,230 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
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
$193,933Cambrian Park, CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Cambrian Park, 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 Cambrian Park, CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)55.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)60.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
3,752
Median Income
$193,933
Median Home Value
$2,000,000+
Median Age
49.4
Poverty Rate
3.3%
Labor force participation
60.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
55.4%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
78.5%
Carpool
5.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
15.9%
Other
0.6%
Based on 1,852 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 Cambrian Park. 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 Cambrian Park 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 Cambrian Park sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Cambrian Park 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.