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Place dossier plate
SheetCA-HORNBROOK-CA · Hornbrook, CA 341 pop · income 4th 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 Hornbrook
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Hornbrook on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Hornbrook · this city · lowest
33,750
Hornbrook · this city · lowest
33,750 median HH income
20.1% of the leader · rank #1
Griffithville · near
33,750
Griffithville · near
33,750 median HH income
20.1% of the leader · rank #2
Payneway · near
33,750
Payneway · near
33,750 median HH income
20.1% of the leader · rank #3
Lemon Grove · near
33,750
Lemon Grove · near
33,750 median HH income
20.1% of the leader · rank #4
Leary · near
33,750
Leary · near
33,750 median HH income
20.1% of the leader · rank #5
Honcut · highest
168,068
Honcut · highest
168,068 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
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 Hornbrook 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: 341.
Nationally, Hornbrook sits in the 4th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
4th
percentile, household income
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: Hornbrook, CA
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 341 residents in Hornbrook, a small town within California. The typical household in Hornbrook brings in $33,750 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 43.1%. The median resident age is 41.4 years. About 9.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 38.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 1 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
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. 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 Hornbrook'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 schools and households to work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Hornbrook, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, 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.
1. Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Hornbrook?
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 9.3% 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Hornbrook?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 57.9%. 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Hornbrook?
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 Honcut (343 residents, $168,068 income); Caspar (337 residents); River Pines (345 residents). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Walcott, AR (341 residents); Buncombe, IL (341 residents); Winchester, KS (341 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.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 43.1% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.7 (US=100)
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
F
City profile score · Hornbrook, CA
2/100
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.
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
9.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$33,750
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
43.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Hornbrook profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 6/100 (F) · 110.7 index
Bachelor's+ share: 5/100 (F) · 9.3%
Household income: 0/100 (F) · $33,750
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 43.1%
How does Hornbrook compare to other US cities?
Here's how Hornbrook stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income4% higher 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 Hornbrook 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 Hornbrook near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Hornbrook ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Hornbrook only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#1,315 of 1,338
2nd percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#33 of 1,450
98th percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1,226 of 1,458
16th 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
4th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$33,750Hornbrook, CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Hornbrook, 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 Hornbrook, CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)9.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)43.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)38.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
341
Median Income
$33,750
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
41.4
Poverty Rate
43.1%
Labor force participation
38.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
9.3%
Schools
Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
57.9%
Carpool
40.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
2.1%
Based on 95 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 Hornbrook. 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 Hornbrook 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 Hornbrook sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Hornbrook 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, 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.