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Place dossier plate
SheetCA-LA-CAADA-FLINTRIDGE-CA · La Cañada Flintridge, CA 20,094 pop · income 99th pct
Nearest income peer: Wakefield, VA (+ $342 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 La Cañada Flintridge
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest La Cañada Flintridge on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Oroville · lowest
51,893
Oroville · lowest
51,893 median HH income
23.4% of the leader · rank #1
Little Silver · near
220,746
Little Silver · near
220,746 median HH income
99.3% of the leader · rank #2
La Cañada Fli… · this city
221,451
La Cañada Fli… · this city
221,451 median HH income
99.7% of the leader · rank #3
Wakefield · near
221,793
Wakefield · near
221,793 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #4
Rock Ridge · near
222,159
Rock Ridge · near
222,159 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
Englewood Cli… · highest
222,192
Englewood Cli… · highest
222,192 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 La Cañada Flintridge 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: 20,094.
Nationally, La Cañada Flintridge sits in the 99th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
99th
percentile, household income
99th
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: La Cañada Flintridge, CA
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 20,094 residents in La Cañada Flintridge, a small city within California. The typical household in La Cañada Flintridge brings in $221,451 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 2.3%. La Cañada Flintridge's published median home value is $2,000,000+, the Census ACS ceiling for owner-occupied units rather than a precise appraisal, and the median resident age is 45.2 years. Educational attainment runs 75.5% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 55.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 39 residential building permits were authorized in La Cañada Flintridge (Building Boom), up 200% from five years earlier, per Census BPS 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. 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. Commute times here average 21.6 minutes, with 64.5% driving alone and 23.4% working from home, per Census ACS commuting 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 La Cañada Flintridge'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 population change 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 La Cañada Flintridge, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, commute-mode shares, local building permits.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in La Cañada Flintridge?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 9.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.3%, 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.
Is La Cañada Flintridge growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -1,020 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -5.0% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 39 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Which cities make useful reference points for La Cañada Flintridge?
Within California, the closest population matches are La Crescenta-Montrose (19,940 residents, $119,775 income); Lennox (20,289 residents, $60,307 income); East Hemet (20,292 residents, $80,621 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Nanuet, NY (20,089 residents); Port Angeles, WA (20,087 residents); Woodbridge, NJ (20,086 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 La Cañada Flintridge?
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 64.5%. The reported mean trip to work is 21.6 minutes.
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
Note: Census ACS censors the tails of median household income ($250,000+ / under $2,500) and median home value ($2,000,000+ / under $10,000).
Home value is shown as $2,000,000+ for the same reason.
B
City profile score · La Cañada Flintridge, CA
73/100
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+
$221,451
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A+
75.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate A-
2.3%
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).
La Cañada Flintridge profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 100/100 (A+) · $221,451
Bachelor's+ share: 100/100 (A+) · 75.5%
Poverty rate: 84/100 (A-) · 2.3%
Cost of living: 6/100 (F) · 110.7 index
How does La Cañada Flintridge compare to other US cities?
La Cañada Flintridge measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income99% higher than other cities
Home value99% 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 La Cañada Flintridge 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 La Cañada Flintridge near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, La Cañada Flintridge ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares La Cañada Flintridge only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#52 of 1,338
96th percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Median Home Value
#1 of 1,343
95th percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#1,091 of 1,450
24th percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#58 of 1,458
96th 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
99th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How La Cañada Flintridge's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$2,000,000+1st percentilemore affordable than 1% 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
La Cañada Flintridge's home-value-to-income ratio: 9.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#15,241 of 15,516
More affordable than 2% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#3,250 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 9.0×, La Cañada Flintridge sits in the pressured band:
national rank #15,241 of 15,516 and #3,250 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
$221,451La Cañada Flintridge, CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context La Cañada Flintridge, 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 La Cañada Flintridge, CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)75.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.3%
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
20,094
Median Income
$221,451
Median Home Value
$2,000,000+
Median Age
45.2
Poverty Rate
2.3%
Labor force participation
55.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
75.5%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
La Cañada Flintridge's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
20,500 residents
2021
20,057 residents
2022
19,794 residents
2023
19,669 residents
2024
19,609 residents
2025
19,480 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
39
housing units authorized
Single-Family
39
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
1.9
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
13
13
0
$13.9M
2020
16
16
0
$16.5M
2021
14
14
0
$18.9M
2022
16
16
0
$18.9M
2023
22
22
0
$16.9M
2024
39
39
0
$24.9M
Permit volume increased 200% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
21.6 minutes
Drive Alone
64.5%
Carpool
7.7%
Public Transit
1.0%
Walk
1.2%
Work from Home
23.4%
Other
2.2%
Based on 8,499 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 La Cañada Flintridge. 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 La Cañada Flintridge 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 La Cañada Flintridge sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How La Cañada Flintridge 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 BPS 2024, 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.