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Place dossier plate
SheetCA-CAMP-PENDLETON-SOUTH-CA · Camp Pendleton South, CA 15,011 pop · income 45th 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 Camp Pendleton South
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Camp Pendleton South on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Macomb · lowest
39,753
Macomb · lowest
39,753 median HH income
37.7% of the leader · rank #1
Duluth · near
66,263
Duluth · near
66,263 median HH income
62.8% of the leader · rank #2
Lake Havasu C… · near
66,264
Lake Havasu C… · near
66,264 median HH income
62.8% of the leader · rank #3
Camp Pendleto… · this city
66,265
Camp Pendleto… · this city
66,265 median HH income
62.8% of the leader · rank #4
Ottawa · near
66,268
Ottawa · near
66,268 median HH income
62.8% of the leader · rank #5
Banner Hill · near
66,270
Banner Hill · near
66,270 median HH income
62.8% of the leader · rank #6
Pacific Grove · highest
105,568
Pacific Grove · highest
105,568 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 Camp Pendleton South 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: 15,011.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Camp Pendleton South lands in the 45th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
45th
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: Camp Pendleton South, CA
California's Camp Pendleton South is a small town, with 15,011 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in Camp Pendleton South report a median income of $66,265 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 5.0%. The median resident age is 23.1 years. Educational attainment runs 27.5% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 24.8% 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. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $2,053 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $275 across California, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Commute times here average 21.4 minutes, with 72.8% driving alone and 7.9% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 88.7 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Camp Pendleton South'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 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 Camp Pendleton South, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Camp Pendleton South?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 72.8%. The reported mean trip to work is 21.4 minutes.
Which cities make useful reference points for Camp Pendleton South?
Within California, the closest population matches are Pacific Grove (15,003 residents, $105,568 income); Susanville (14,992 residents, $57,607 income); Los Osos (15,048 residents, $103,504 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Gloversville, NY (15,010 residents); Macomb, IL (15,006 residents); White Center, WA (15,017 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 5.0% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.7 (US=100)
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
D
City profile score · Camp Pendleton South, CA
42/100
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.
Poverty rate B-
5.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share C-
27.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income D
$66,265
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
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).
Camp Pendleton South profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 65/100 (B-) · 5.0%
Bachelor's+ share: 54/100 (C-) · 27.5%
Household income: 44/100 (D) · $66,265
Cost of living: 6/100 (F) · 110.7 index
How does Camp Pendleton South compare to other US cities?
Where Camp Pendleton South sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income45% 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 Camp Pendleton South 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 Camp Pendleton South near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Camp Pendleton South ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Camp Pendleton South only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#969 of 1,338
28th percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#840 of 1,450
41st percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#673 of 1,458
54th 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
45th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$66,265Camp Pendleton South, CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Camp Pendleton South, 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 Camp Pendleton South, CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)27.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)24.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
15,011
Median Income
$66,265
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
23.1
Poverty Rate
5.0%
Labor force participation
24.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
27.5%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
21.4 minutes
Drive Alone
72.8%
Carpool
9.9%
Public Transit
0.2%
Walk
6.8%
Work from Home
7.9%
Other
2.4%
Based on 6,864 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 Camp Pendleton South. 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 Camp Pendleton South 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 Camp Pendleton South sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Camp Pendleton South 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.