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Place dossier plate
SheetCA-DEL-AIRE-CA · Del Aire, CA 11,115 pop · income 93rd 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 Del Aire
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Del Aire on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Millington · lowest
51,695
Millington · lowest
51,695 median HH income
20.7% of the leader · rank #1
Ringwood · near
142,529
Ringwood · near
142,529 median HH income
57.0% of the leader · rank #2
Clinton · near
142,563
Clinton · near
142,563 median HH income
57.0% of the leader · rank #3
Del Aire · this city
142,566
Del Aire · this city
142,566 median HH income
57.0% of the leader · rank #4
Hester · near
142,571
Hester · near
142,571 median HH income
57.0% of the leader · rank #5
Wyndmoor · near
142,583
Wyndmoor · near
142,583 median HH income
57.0% of the leader · rank #6
Piedmont · highest
250,001
Piedmont · highest
250,001 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 Del Aire 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: 11,115.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Del Aire places in the 93rd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
93rd
percentile, household income
96th
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: Del Aire, CA
Del Aire is a small town in California, home to 11,115 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Del Aire households earn a median of $142,566 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 9.1%. Home values in Del Aire run a median of $878,800, and the median resident age is 37.4 years. 40.3% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 62.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
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. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in California run around $275, per EIA 2023 residential energy 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 Del Aire'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 comparison shortlist to housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Del Aire, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Del Aire?
Within California, the closest population matches are Hillsborough (11,122 residents, $250,000+ income); Canyon Lake (11,107 residents, $124,948 income); Sierra Madre (11,020 residents, $141,094 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Haysville, KS (11,117 residents); Millington, TN (11,117 residents); Union Park, FL (11,111 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Del Aire?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 6.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 9.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
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.
What does the journey to work look like in Del Aire?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 67.7%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Top-decile income · poverty 9.1% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.7 (US=100)
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
C
City profile score · Del Aire, CA
56/100
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+
$142,566
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share B+
40.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate D
9.1%
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).
Del Aire profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 94/100 (A+) · $142,566
Bachelor's+ share: 75/100 (B+) · 40.3%
Poverty rate: 43/100 (D) · 9.1%
Cost of living: 6/100 (F) · 110.7 index
How does Del Aire compare to other US cities?
Del Aire measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income93% higher than other cities
Home value96% 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 Del Aire 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 Del Aire near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Del Aire ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Del Aire only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#200 of 1,338
85th percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Median Home Value
#304 of 1,343
77th percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#553 of 1,450
61st percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#414 of 1,458
71st 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
93rd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Del Aire's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$878,8004th percentilemore affordable than 4% 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
Del Aire's home-value-to-income ratio: 6.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,221 of 15,516
More affordable than 8% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,999 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 6.2×, Del Aire sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,221 of 15,516 and #2,999 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
$142,566Del Aire, CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Del Aire, 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 Del Aire, CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)40.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)9.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)62.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
11,115
Median Income
$142,566
Median Home Value
$878,800
Median Age
37.4
Poverty Rate
9.1%
Labor force participation
62.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
40.3%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
67.7%
Carpool
12.3%
Public Transit
2.1%
Walk
0.6%
Work from Home
15.4%
Other
1.9%
Based on 5,224 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 Del Aire. 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 Del Aire 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 Del Aire sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Del Aire 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.