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Earlimart, CA

Earlimart's Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

7,716
Residents
$51,343
Median income
$269,000
Median home
$2,053
Median rent (state)
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Place dossier plate

Sheet CA-EARLIMART-CA · Earlimart, CA 7,716 pop · income 22nd pct

POP-TOWN · INC-MID · COL-ABOVE · SAFE-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · HOME-MID · BOOK-UNK

  • POP-TOWN 7,716
  • INC-MID $51,343
  • COL-ABOVE 110.7
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-LOWER 22nd
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Socorro
  • HOME-MID $269,000
  • BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Nearest income peer: Socorro, NM (+ $0 income $)

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 Earlimart

Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Earlimart on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-08

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Nationwide peers by population, income

Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Earlimart 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: 7,716.

4 peers

Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $51,343. Population peers are excluded.

4 peers

Earlimart - the verdict

Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Earlimart lands in the 22nd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.

22nd
percentile, household income
59th
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: Earlimart, CA

7,716 people live in Earlimart, California - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Earlimart households earn a median of $51,343 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 20.9%. Home values in Earlimart run a median of $269,000, and the median resident age is 25.2 years. Educational attainment runs 3.5% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 45.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.

The city is served by 3 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.

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). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $2,053 per month statewide. 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 Earlimart'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 work and mobility to housing and income to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.

For Earlimart, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count. No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.

Question 1

Which cities make useful reference points for Earlimart?

Within California, the closest population matches are Acton (7,721 residents, $110,000 income); Thousand Palms (7,662 residents, $80,280 income); Gold River (7,661 residents, $166,250 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Fanwood, NJ (7,714 residents); Ripley, TN (7,718 residents); Mount Horeb, WI (7,719 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.

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2. Work and mobility

What does the journey to work look like in Earlimart?

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 61.1%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.

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Question 3

How far does income reach against housing in Earlimart?

The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 20.9%, 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.

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Question 4

What does the education layer cover for Earlimart?

The NCES join finds 3 public schools within the city match. 3.5% 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.

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.

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Population

7,716 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

$51,343 /yr

Low income · poverty 20.9% (High poverty)

Cost of Living Index (state)

110.7 (US=100)

Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average

City profile score · Earlimart, CA

11/100

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 F
$51,343

Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.

Poverty rate F
20.9%

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.

Bachelor's+ share F
3.5%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.

Violent crime N/A
N/A

No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).

Earlimart profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions) 4-axis radar comparing 1 series across Household income, Poverty rate, Cost of living, Bachelor's+ share. Household incomePoverty rateCost of livingBachelor's+ share 11 F
Earlimart profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)
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  • Household income: 22/100 (F) · $51,343
  • Poverty rate: 12/100 (F) · 20.9%
  • Cost of living: 6/100 (F) · 110.7 index
  • Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 3.5%

How does Earlimart compare to other US cities?

Earlimart measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.

Household income 22% higher than other cities
Home value 59% pricier than other cities
Median rent 88% 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 Earlimart 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 Earlimart near the bottom of California's cities

Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Earlimart ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Earlimart only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.

Median Household Income
#1,171 of 1,338
12th percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Median Home Value
#1,125 of 1,343
16th percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#183 of 1,450
87th percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1,374 of 1,458
6th 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.

22ndIncome percentile
Gauge source note

22nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

How Earlimart's home value compares nationally

Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)

$269,000 41st percentile more affordable than 41% of 15,600 US cities

Show national distribution $0–$25,000: 5 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $25,000–$50,000: 54 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $50,000–$75,000: 352 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $75,000–$100,000: 1,086 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $100,000–$125,000: 1,516 US cities (10%). Below this entry. $125,000–$150,000: 1,170 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $150,000–$175,000: 1,278 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $175,000–$200,000: 1,229 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $200,000–$225,000: 1,035 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $225,000–$250,000: 976 US cities (6%). Below this entry. $250,000–$275,000: 754 US cities (5%). This entry sits in this band. $275,000–$300,000: 712 US cities (5%). Above this entry. $300,000–$325,000: 521 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $325,000–$350,000: 526 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $350,000–$375,000: 465 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $375,000–$400,000: 393 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $400,000–$425,000: 317 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $425,000–$450,000: 300 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $450,000–$475,000: 307 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $475,000–$500,000: 250 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $500,000–$525,000: 160 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $525,000–$550,000: 156 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $550,000–$575,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $575,000–$600,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $600,000–$625,000: 163 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $625,000–$650,000: 167 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $650,000–$675,000: 135 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $675,000–$700,000: 101 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $700,000–$725,000: 95 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $725,000–$750,000: 71 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $750,000–$775,000: 65 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $775,000–$800,000: 70 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $800,000–$825,000: 57 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $825,000–$850,000: 67 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $850,000–$875,000: 60 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $875,000–$900,000: 58 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $900,000–$925,000: 47 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $925,000–$950,000: 37 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $950,000–$975,000: 31 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $975,000–$1,000,000: 470 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $1,000,000–$1,025,000: 0 US cities (0%). Above this entry. Earlimart $0 $1,025,000 every US city, bucketed by value

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

Earlimart's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.2×

ACS median home value divided by median household income.

Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,241 of 15,516
More affordable than 15% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,963 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)

At 5.2×, Earlimart sits in the pressured band: national rank #13,241 of 15,516 and #9,963 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

$51,343 Earlimart, CA median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Household income distribution - Earlimart, CA Earlimart, CA's median household income ($51,343) against the U.S. national quintile-share pattern. The Lorenz curve and quintile bars are national context, not Earlimart, CA-specific shares. $ Household Income Distribution Earlimart, CA median $51,343/yr, vs. U.S. national quintile pattern QUINTILE SHARE OF AGGREGATE INCOME Lowest 20% 3.4% Second 20% 9.2% Middle 20% 15.1% Fourth 20% 23.2% Top 20% 49.1% LORENZ CURVE cumulative income vs. population 100% 0% 100% pop. 0%
Earlimart, 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 Earlimart, CA.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 3.5%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 20.9%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 45.1%

Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force

Population
7,716
Median Income
$51,343
Median Home Value
$269,000
Median Age
25.2
Poverty Rate
20.9%
Labor force participation
45.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
3.5%

Schools

Total Schools
3
Public schools in this city

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Drive Alone
61.1%
Carpool
36.2%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.3%
Work from Home
2.4%

Based on 2,363 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 Earlimart. 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 Earlimart 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 Earlimart sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.

How Earlimart 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.

City Population Median Household Income
Earlimart (this city) 7,716 $51,343
Acton 7,721 $110,000
Thousand Palms 7,662 $80,280
Gold River 7,661 $166,250
NCES CCD
Primary sources on this page

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, 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.

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Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES. Joins use OMB Bulletin 23-01 / FIPS keys.

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