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SheetCA-DAY-VALLEY-CA · Day Valley, CA 3,514 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 Day Valley
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Day Valley on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Planada · lowest
45,588
Planada · lowest
45,588 median HH income
30.3% of the leader · rank #1
Day Valley · this city
150,256
Day Valley · this city
150,256 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #2
Celestine · near
150,270
Celestine · near
150,270 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #3
Cornwall-on-H… · near
150,288
Cornwall-on-H… · near
150,288 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #4
Floral Park · near
150,350
Floral Park · near
150,350 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #5
Lake Clarke S… · near
150,393
Lake Clarke S… · near
150,393 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
Felida · highest
150,430
Felida · highest
150,430 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 Day Valley 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: 3,514.
Nationally, Day Valley sits in the 94th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
94th
percentile, household income
98th
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: Day Valley, CA
3,514 people live in Day Valley, California - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Day Valley households earn a median of $150,256 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 5.5%. Typical homes in Day Valley are valued around $1,187,200, and the median resident age is 52.7 years. About 48.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 50.6% 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. Monthly utility costs average around $275 across California, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. 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 Day Valley'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 Day Valley, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count; 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 Day Valley?
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 7.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Day Valley?
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 Buckhorn (3,506 residents, $78,510 income); Planada (3,524 residents, $45,588 income); Seacliff (3,488 residents, $121,845 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Midway North, TX (3,514 residents); Black River Falls, WI (3,514 residents); Perry, NY (3,515 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 Day Valley?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 72.5%. 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. 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.
Top-decile income · poverty 5.5% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.7 (US=100)
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
C+
City profile score · Day Valley, CA
63/100
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+
$150,256
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A-
48.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate C+
5.5%
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).
Day Valley profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 96/100 (A+) · $150,256
Bachelor's+ share: 83/100 (A-) · 48.5%
Poverty rate: 62/100 (C+) · 5.5%
Cost of living: 6/100 (F) · 110.7 index
How does Day Valley compare to other US cities?
Here's how Day Valley stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income94% higher than other cities
Home value98% 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 Day Valley 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 Day Valley near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Day Valley ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Day Valley only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#179 of 1,338
87th percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Median Home Value
#164 of 1,343
88th percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#791 of 1,450
45th percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#291 of 1,458
80th 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. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Day Valley's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$1,187,2002nd percentilemore affordable than 2% 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
Day Valley's home-value-to-income ratio: 7.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,976 of 15,516
More affordable than 3% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,986 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 7.9×, Day Valley sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,976 of 15,516 and #10,986 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
$150,256Day Valley, CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Day Valley, 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 Day Valley, CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)48.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)50.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
3,514
Median Income
$150,256
Median Home Value
$1,187,200
Median Age
52.7
Poverty Rate
5.5%
Labor force participation
50.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
48.5%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
72.5%
Carpool
9.5%
Public Transit
0.7%
Walk
2.2%
Work from Home
13.1%
Other
2.0%
Based on 1,428 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 Day Valley. 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 Day Valley 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 Day Valley sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Day Valley 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.