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Place dossier plate
SheetCA-LOCKWOOD-CDP-MONTEREY-COUNTY-CA · Lockwood CDP (Monterey County), CA 142 pop · income 75th 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 (Monterey County)
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Lockwood CDP (Monterey County) on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Forestville · lowest
41,250
Forestville · lowest
41,250 median HH income
40.7% of the leader · rank #1
Landisville · near
95,878
Landisville · near
95,878 median HH income
94.7% of the leader · rank #2
Lockwood CDP… · this city
95,893
Lockwood CDP… · this city
95,893 median HH income
94.7% of the leader · rank #3
Talma · near
95,893
Talma · near
95,893 median HH income
94.7% of the leader · rank #4
Hannawa Falls · near
95,893
Hannawa Falls · near
95,893 median HH income
94.7% of the leader · rank #5
Belmont Estat… · near
95,900
Belmont Estat… · near
95,900 median HH income
94.7% of the leader · rank #6
East Nicolaus · highest
101,250
East Nicolaus · highest
101,250 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 (Monterey 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: 142.
Nationally, Lockwood CDP (Monterey County) sits in the 75th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
75th
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: Lockwood CDP (Monterey County), CA
California's Lockwood CDP (Monterey County) is a small town, with 142 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Lockwood CDP (Monterey County) brings in $95,893 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. The median resident age is 62.5 years. 48.4% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 48.9% 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. 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. Workers in Lockwood CDP (Monterey County) report an average commute of 24.9 minutes, with 100.0% driving alone and 0.0% 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 (Monterey 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 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 Lockwood CDP (Monterey County), city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, matched public-school count, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Lockwood CDP (Monterey County)?
Within California, the closest population matches are Little River (141 residents); Bluewater (144 residents, $65,313 income); Monterey Park Tract (144 residents). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Blue Sky, CO (142 residents); Fishersburg, IN (142 residents); Mier, IN (142 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 Lockwood CDP (Monterey County)?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 100.0%. The reported mean trip to work is 24.9 minutes.
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
B-
City profile score · Lockwood CDP (Monterey County), CA
65/100
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.
Poverty rate A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share A-
48.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income B+
$95,893
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).
How does Lockwood CDP (Monterey County) compare to other US cities?
Lockwood CDP (Monterey County) measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income75% 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 Lockwood CDP (Monterey 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 (Monterey County) near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Lockwood CDP (Monterey County) ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Lockwood CDP (Monterey County) only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#559 of 1,338
58th percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#1,194 of 1,450
0th percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#294 of 1,458
80th 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
75th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$95,893Lockwood CDP (Monterey County), CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Lockwood CDP (Monterey 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 (Monterey County), CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)48.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)48.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
142
Median Income
$95,893
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
62.5
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
48.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
48.4%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
24.9 minutes
Drive Alone
100.0%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 65 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 (Monterey 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 (Monterey 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 (Monterey 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 (Monterey 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.