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SheetCA-LINDA-CA · Linda, CA 23,215 pop · income 48th 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 Linda
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Linda on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Athens · lowest
37,059
Athens · lowest
37,059 median HH income
20.1% of the leader · rank #1
Acushnet Cent… · near
69,159
Acushnet Cent… · near
69,159 median HH income
37.5% of the leader · rank #2
Linda · this city
69,161
Linda · this city
69,161 median HH income
37.5% of the leader · rank #3
Ebro · near
69,167
Ebro · near
69,167 median HH income
37.5% of the leader · rank #4
Mount Auburn · near
69,167
Mount Auburn · near
69,167 median HH income
37.5% of the leader · rank #5
Wallingford · near
69,167
Wallingford · near
69,167 median HH income
37.5% of the leader · rank #6
Ladera Ranch · highest
184,257
Ladera Ranch · highest
184,257 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 Linda 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: 23,215.
Nationally, Linda sits in the 48th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
48th
percentile, household income
70th
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: Linda, CA
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 23,215 residents in Linda, a small city within California. Households in Linda report a median income of $69,161 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 18.9%. Typical homes in Linda are valued around $337,700, and the median resident age is 30.3 years. About 14.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 49.1% 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. Commute times here average 26.2 minutes, with 76.9% driving alone and 7.2% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 88.7 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Linda'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 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 Linda, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Linda?
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.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 18.9%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 76.9%. The reported mean trip to work is 26.2 minutes.
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 Linda?
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 Oakdale (23,155 residents, $86,478 income); Rosemont (23,448 residents, $86,178 income); East San Gabriel (23,521 residents, $107,184 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Athens, OH (23,211 residents); Rock Springs, WY (23,229 residents); Wilmington, MA (23,195 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.
Below median income · poverty 18.9% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.7 (US=100)
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
F
City profile score · Linda, CA
23/100
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 D
$69,161
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
14.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
18.9%
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.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Linda profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 48/100 (D) · $69,161
Bachelor's+ share: 17/100 (F) · 14.0%
Poverty rate: 15/100 (F) · 18.9%
Cost of living: 6/100 (F) · 110.7 index
How does Linda compare to other US cities?
Where Linda sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income48% higher than other cities
Home value70% 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 Linda 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 Linda near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Linda ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Linda only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#932 of 1,338
30th percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Median Home Value
#991 of 1,343
26th percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#206 of 1,450
86th percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1,080 of 1,458
26th 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
48th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Linda's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$337,70030th percentilemore affordable than 30% 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
Linda's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#12,686 of 15,516
More affordable than 18% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,544 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 4.9×, Linda sits in the moderate band:
national rank #12,686 of 15,516 and #2,544 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
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
$69,161Linda, CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Linda, 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 Linda, CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)14.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)18.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)49.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
23,215
Median Income
$69,161
Median Home Value
$337,700
Median Age
30.3
Poverty Rate
18.9%
Labor force participation
49.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
14.0%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
26.2 minutes
Drive Alone
76.9%
Carpool
12.9%
Public Transit
1.1%
Walk
0.7%
Work from Home
7.2%
Other
1.2%
Based on 8,261 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 Linda. 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 Linda 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 Linda sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Linda 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.