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SheetCA-CAMPBELL-CA · Campbell, CA 42,848 pop · income 94th 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 Campbell
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Campbell on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Lake Worth Be… · lowest
60,978
Lake Worth Be… · lowest
60,978 median HH income
27.3% of the leader · rank #1
Sherman · near
147,025
Sherman · near
147,025 median HH income
65.9% of the leader · rank #2
Campbell · this city
147,128
Campbell · this city
147,128 median HH income
65.9% of the leader · rank #3
Greenfield · near
147,184
Greenfield · near
147,184 median HH income
65.9% of the leader · rank #4
Bellport · near
147,188
Bellport · near
147,188 median HH income
65.9% of the leader · rank #5
Stewart Manor · near
147,188
Stewart Manor · near
147,188 median HH income
65.9% of the leader · rank #6
Danville · highest
223,206
Danville · highest
223,206 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, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Campbell on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. 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: 42,848.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Campbell - the verdict
Nationally, Campbell sits in the 94th percentile for household income and the 11th percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
94th
percentile, household income
99th
percentile, home value
88th
percentile, median rent
11th
percentile, safety
📝 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: Campbell, CA
42,848 people live in Campbell, California - a small city by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Campbell brings in $147,128 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 2.7%. Typical homes in Campbell are valued around $1,550,000, and the median resident age is 39.2 years. About 59.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 65.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 54 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Growing), up 6% from five years earlier. Campbell's reported crime rate runs above the national norm: FBI UCR figures show 3439.0 crimes per 100,000 residents, above the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
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). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $2,053 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts California's average monthly utility costs around $275 (state average). Commute times here average 18.3 minutes, with 68.1% driving alone and 22.8% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. 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 Campbell'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 reported crime to work and mobility to population change to schools and households to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Campbell, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, annual population history, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; 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 Campbell?
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 10.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Campbell?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 3439.0 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 51% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
What does the journey to work look like in Campbell?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 68.1%. The reported mean trip to work is 18.3 minutes.
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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Campbell?
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. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within California, the closest population matches are Hollister (43,003 residents, $101,979 income); Vineyard (42,645 residents, $108,403 income); San Bruno (42,612 residents, $135,976 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Buffalo Grove, IL (42,824 residents); Edmonds, WA (42,783 residents); Catonsville, MD (42,717 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.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Population change
Is Campbell growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -1,307 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -3.0% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 54 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
2020 estimate
43,797
2025 estimate
42,490
Period change
-3.0%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 6 public schools within the city match. 59.5% 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.
Poverty estimate
2.7%
Bachelor's degree+
59.5%
Matched public schools
6
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
C
City profile score · Campbell, CA
58/100
5 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+
$147,128
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A+
59.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate A-
2.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime F
490 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger 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.
Campbell profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 95/100 (A+) · $147,128
Bachelor's+ share: 91/100 (A+) · 59.5%
Poverty rate: 81/100 (A-) · 2.7%
Violent crime: 17/100 (F) · 490 /100k
Cost of living: 6/100 (F) · 110.7 index
Where Campbell sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Campbell's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Campbell highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Campbell, CA (this city): home $1,550,000, crime 3,439/100k
Buffalo Grove, IL : home $392,900, crime 738/100k
Edmonds, WA : home $840,200, crime 3,261/100k
Manassas, VA : home $434,700, crime 2,180/100k
Puyallup, WA : home $507,000, crime 4,244/100k
Hollister, CA : home $679,300, crime 1,164/100k
San Bruno, CA : home $1,199,400, crime 2,222/100k
Coachella, CA : home $341,300, crime 1,840/100k
Danville, CA : home $1,583,300, crime 647/100k
How does Campbell compare to other US cities?
Where Campbell sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income94% higher than other cities
Home value99% pricier than other cities
Median rent88% pricier than other cities
Safety11% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just California and the picture shifts: Campbell ranks #391 of 441 California cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Campbell 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 Campbell near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Campbell ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Campbell only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#187 of 1,338
86th percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Median Home Value
#100 of 1,343
93rd percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#1,060 of 1,450
26th percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#179 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
94th percentile nationally for median household income · 11th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Campbell's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Campbell's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Campbell's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$1,550,0001st 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
Campbell's home-value-to-income ratio: 10.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#15,397 of 15,516
More affordable than 1% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#3,293 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 10.5×, Campbell sits in the pressured band:
national rank #15,397 of 15,516 and #3,293 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
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
$147,128Campbell, CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Campbell, 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 Campbell, CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)59.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)65.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
42,848
Median Income
$147,128
Median Home Value
$1,550,000
Median Age
39.2
Poverty Rate
2.7%
Labor force participation
65.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
59.5%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
3439.0
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
489.9
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
2949.1
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
6
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Campbell's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
43,797 residents
2021
42,651 residents
2022
42,166 residents
2023
42,202 residents
2024
42,482 residents
2025
42,490 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Growing
Total Permits (2024)
54
housing units authorized
Single-Family
52
detached homes
Multifamily
2
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
1.3
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
51
51
0
$18.2M
2020
36
36
0
$5.1M
2021
82
82
0
$40.6M
2022
46
46
0
$21.4M
2023
53
53
0
$28.7M
2024
54
52
2
$27.9M
Permit volume increased 6% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
18.3 minutes
Drive Alone
68.1%
Carpool
4.2%
Public Transit
1.2%
Walk
1.5%
Work from Home
22.8%
Other
2.2%
Based on 22,258 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 Campbell. 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 Campbell 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 Campbell sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Campbell 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, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, 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.