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Place dossier plate
SheetCA-LOCKWOOD-CDP-AMADOR-COUNTY-CA · Lockwood CDP (Amador County), CA 487 pop · income 97th 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 Lockwood CDP (Amador County)
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Lockwood CDP (Amador County) on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Newell · lowest
35,446
Newell · lowest
35,446 median HH income
19.4% of the leader · rank #1
Stafford · near
182,372
Stafford · near
182,372 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #2
Hyde Park · near
182,446
Hyde Park · near
182,446 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #3
Hewitt · near
182,516
Hewitt · near
182,516 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #4
Lockwood CDP… · this city
182,550
Lockwood CDP… · this city
182,550 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #5
St. Ann Highl… · near
182,568
St. Ann Highl… · near
182,568 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #6
Alamo Heights · highest
182,819
Alamo Heights · highest
182,819 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 Lockwood CDP (Amador County) 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: 487.
Lockwood CDP (Amador County) ranks in the 97th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
97th
percentile, household income
85th
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: Lockwood CDP (Amador County), CA
Lockwood CDP (Amador County) is a small town in California, home to 487 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Lockwood CDP (Amador County) brings in $182,550 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 6.6%. Lockwood CDP (Amador County)'s housing stock carries a median value of $500,000, and the median resident age is 58.9 years. 31.3% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 53.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
California carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts California at 110.7 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Above Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $2,053 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in California run around $275, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Workers in Lockwood CDP (Amador County) report an average commute of 103.8 minutes, with 92.2% driving alone and 7.8% working from home. 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 Lockwood CDP (Amador County)'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 Lockwood CDP (Amador County), city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, 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 Lockwood CDP (Amador County)?
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. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 6.6%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Lockwood CDP (Amador County)?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 92.2%. The reported mean trip to work is 103.8 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. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Which cities make useful reference points for Lockwood CDP (Amador County)?
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 Newell (491 residents, $35,446 income); Baker (482 residents); Nipinnawasee (482 residents, $74,488 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Arkansas City, AR (487 residents); Elnora, IN (487 residents); Gaines, MI (487 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.
Top-decile income · poverty 6.6% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.7 (US=100)
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
C
City profile score · Lockwood CDP (Amador County), CA
58/100
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+
$182,550
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share C+
31.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate C
6.6%
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).
How does Lockwood CDP (Amador County) compare to other US cities?
Where Lockwood CDP (Amador County) sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income97% higher than other cities
Home value85% 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 Lockwood CDP (Amador County) 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 Lockwood CDP (Amador County) near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Lockwood CDP (Amador County) ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Lockwood CDP (Amador County) only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#97 of 1,338
93rd percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Median Home Value
#695 of 1,343
48th percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#718 of 1,450
50th percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#598 of 1,458
59th 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
97th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Lockwood CDP (Amador County)'s home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$500,00015th percentilemore affordable than 15% 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
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#5,244 of 15,516
More affordable than 66% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#4,577 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.7×, Lockwood CDP (Amador County) sits in the affordable band:
national rank #5,244 of 15,516 and #4,577 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
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
$182,550Lockwood CDP (Amador County), CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Lockwood CDP (Amador County), 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 Lockwood CDP (Amador County), CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)31.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)53.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
487
Median Income
$182,550
Median Home Value
$500,000
Median Age
58.9
Poverty Rate
6.6%
Labor force participation
53.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
31.3%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
103.8 minutes
Drive Alone
92.2%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
7.8%
Based on 231 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 Lockwood CDP (Amador County). 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 Lockwood CDP (Amador County) 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 Lockwood CDP (Amador County) sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Lockwood CDP (Amador County) 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.