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SheetCA-IDYLLWILD-PINE-COVE-CA · Idyllwild-Pine Cove, CA 3,762 pop · income 65th 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 Idyllwild-Pine Cove
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Idyllwild-Pine Cove on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Eldorado · lowest
39,766
Eldorado · lowest
39,766 median HH income
20.5% of the leader · rank #1
Colorado Spri… · near
83,198
Colorado Spri… · near
83,198 median HH income
42.9% of the leader · rank #2
Flowood · near
83,204
Flowood · near
83,204 median HH income
42.9% of the leader · rank #3
Idyllwild-Pin… · this city
83,205
Idyllwild-Pin… · this city
83,205 median HH income
42.9% of the leader · rank #4
Taylor Mill · near
83,210
Taylor Mill · near
83,210 median HH income
42.9% of the leader · rank #5
Kearny · near
83,212
Kearny · near
83,212 median HH income
42.9% of the leader · rank #6
Cambrian Park · highest
193,933
Cambrian Park · highest
193,933 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 Idyllwild-Pine Cove 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: 3,762.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Idyllwild-Pine Cove places in the 65th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
65th
percentile, household income
84th
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: Idyllwild-Pine Cove, CA
3,762 people live in Idyllwild-Pine Cove, California - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $83,205 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 3.7%. Idyllwild-Pine Cove's housing stock carries a median value of $485,300, and the median resident age is 50.2 years. About 41.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 55.9% 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. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $2,053 per month statewide. 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 Idyllwild-Pine Cove'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 work and mobility to comparison shortlist to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Idyllwild-Pine Cove, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Idyllwild-Pine Cove?
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 53.7%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for Idyllwild-Pine Cove?
Within California, the closest population matches are Old Stine (3,756 residents, $65,026 income); Cambrian Park (3,752 residents, $193,933 income); Jamestown (3,777 residents, $51,886 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Eldorado, IL (3,762 residents); Plainwell, MI (3,764 residents); Grand Bay, AL (3,765 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 Idyllwild-Pine Cove?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.7%, 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.
Above median income · poverty 3.7% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.7 (US=100)
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
C-
City profile score · Idyllwild-Pine Cove, CA
54/100
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.
Bachelor's+ share B+
41.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate B
3.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income C+
$83,205
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
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).
Idyllwild-Pine Cove profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 76/100 (B+) · 41.0%
Poverty rate: 74/100 (B) · 3.7%
Household income: 63/100 (C+) · $83,205
Cost of living: 6/100 (F) · 110.7 index
How does Idyllwild-Pine Cove compare to other US cities?
Where Idyllwild-Pine Cove sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income65% higher than other cities
Home value84% 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 Idyllwild-Pine Cove 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 Idyllwild-Pine Cove near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Idyllwild-Pine Cove ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Idyllwild-Pine Cove only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#731 of 1,338
45th percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Median Home Value
#715 of 1,343
47th percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#974 of 1,450
32nd percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#407 of 1,458
72nd 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
65th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Idyllwild-Pine Cove's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$485,30016th percentilemore affordable than 16% 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
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,954 of 15,516
More affordable than 10% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,375 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 5.8×, Idyllwild-Pine Cove sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,954 of 15,516 and #10,375 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
$83,205Idyllwild-Pine Cove, CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Idyllwild-Pine Cove, 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 Idyllwild-Pine Cove, CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)41.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)55.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
3,762
Median Income
$83,205
Median Home Value
$485,300
Median Age
50.2
Poverty Rate
3.7%
Labor force participation
55.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
41.0%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
53.7%
Carpool
14.2%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
5.5%
Work from Home
24.9%
Other
1.7%
Based on 1,869 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 Idyllwild-Pine Cove. 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 Idyllwild-Pine Cove 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 Idyllwild-Pine Cove sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Idyllwild-Pine Cove 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.