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SheetCA-HIGHGROVE-CA · Highgrove, CA 7,164 pop · income 83rd 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 Highgrove
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Highgrove on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Seminole · lowest
37,267
Seminole · lowest
37,267 median HH income
16.1% of the leader · rank #1
Yorkville · near
109,643
Yorkville · near
109,643 median HH income
47.3% of the leader · rank #2
Charlestown · near
109,650
Charlestown · near
109,650 median HH income
47.3% of the leader · rank #3
Highgrove · this city
109,657
Highgrove · this city
109,657 median HH income
47.3% of the leader · rank #4
Groveton · near
109,665
Groveton · near
109,665 median HH income
47.3% of the leader · rank #5
Hoffman Estat… · near
109,683
Hoffman Estat… · near
109,683 median HH income
47.3% of the leader · rank #6
Kentfield · highest
231,875
Kentfield · highest
231,875 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 Highgrove 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: 7,164.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Highgrove places in the 83rd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
83rd
percentile, household income
89th
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: Highgrove, CA
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 7,164 residents in Highgrove, a small town within California. Highgrove households earn a median of $109,657 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 12.2%. Home values in Highgrove run a median of $594,400, and the median resident age is 31.7 years. 38.8% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 71.5% 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. 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). 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 Highgrove'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 Highgrove, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, annual population history, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Highgrove?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 12.2%, 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Highgrove?
Within California, the closest population matches are Cottonwood CDP (Shasta County) (7,170 residents, $96,679 income); Sausalito (7,171 residents, $173,030 income); Piñon Hills (7,149 residents, $65,160 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Strasburg, VA (7,162 residents); Seminole, OK (7,161 residents); Connerton, FL (7,159 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Highgrove?
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 77.1%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
High income · poverty 12.2% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.7 (US=100)
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
D
City profile score · Highgrove, CA
48/100
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-
$109,657
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share B
38.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
12.2%
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).
Highgrove profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 81/100 (A-) · $109,657
Bachelor's+ share: 73/100 (B) · 38.8%
Poverty rate: 31/100 (F) · 12.2%
Cost of living: 6/100 (F) · 110.7 index
How does Highgrove compare to other US cities?
Where Highgrove sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income83% higher than other cities
Home value89% 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 Highgrove 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 Highgrove near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Highgrove ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Highgrove only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#408 of 1,338
70th percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Median Home Value
#585 of 1,343
56th percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#389 of 1,450
73rd percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#447 of 1,458
69th 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
83rd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Highgrove's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$594,40011th percentilemore affordable than 11% 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
Highgrove's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,477 of 15,516
More affordable than 13% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,091 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 5.4×, Highgrove sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,477 of 15,516 and #10,091 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
$109,657Highgrove, CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Highgrove, 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 Highgrove, CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)38.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)12.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)71.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
7,164
Median Income
$109,657
Median Home Value
$594,400
Median Age
31.7
Poverty Rate
12.2%
Labor force participation
71.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
38.8%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
77.1%
Carpool
15.2%
Public Transit
0.9%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
5.9%
Other
0.9%
Based on 3,616 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 Highgrove. 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 Highgrove 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 Highgrove sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Highgrove 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.