Population
158 residents
Census ACS 2023 - California
City profile · California · Census ACS 2023
Population, income, housing, safety, climate and schools for Daphnedale Park - drawn straight from Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA, NCES, HUD and FEMA, refreshed on the 2024–2025 release cycle.
Daphnedale Park - the verdict
California's Daphnedale Park counts 158 residents. Source: Census ACS.
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.
California's Daphnedale Park is a small town, with 158 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The median resident age is 36.2 years. Educational attainment runs 37.4% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 74.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
California carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 110.7 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,108 per month statewide. Monthly utility costs average around $275 across California, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 39.7 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very Low).
Population
158 residents
Census ACS 2023 - California
Median Household Income
N/A /yr
Poverty 57.5%
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.7 (US=100)
Well Above Average - BEA RPP 2024, California average
Daphnedale Park measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Each percentile compares Daphnedale Park against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to California only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
California-relative analysis
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Daphnedale Park ranks #1,449 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Daphnedale Park only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
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.
Median household income is not available for Daphnedale Park in the current Census ACS release (common for very small places).
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Based on 68 workers 16 and over.
State-average estimates for California - EIA 2023 residential energy data
Estimates reflect California state averages. Actual costs vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Cost of living is a California state average from BEA; rent and hazard risk are county-level figures from HUD and FEMA for the county Daphnedale Park sits in
Population-matched peers from other states, closest to Daphnedale Park's 158 residents (Census ACS 5-Year 2023).
City-level race and ethnicity, Census ACS 5-year 2023 (tables B02001, B03001), OMB Directive 15 categories.
Population + median household income, sourced from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 (population) and B19013 (median household income).
| City | Population | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| Daphnedale Park (this city) | 158 | N/A |
| Ocotillo | 157 | $22,989 |
| Oak Shores | 153 | N/A |
| Samoa | 163 | $44,569 |
158 people live in Daphnedale Park, CA according to U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates.
BEA does not publish a city-level cost-of-living figure for Daphnedale Park; the closest available measure is the California state average, a cost of living index of 110.7 (U.S. average = 100), rated "Well Above Average" based on BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 data. Costs within California vary by metro area.
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.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES.
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