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Place dossier plate
SheetCA-MARCH-ARB-CA · March ARB, CA 1,251 pop · income 63rd 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 March ARB
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest March ARB on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Fyffe · lowest
32,407
Fyffe · lowest
32,407 median HH income
24.4% of the leader · rank #1
March ARB · this city
81,250
March ARB · this city
81,250 median HH income
61.1% of the leader · rank #2
Plymouth · near
81,250
Plymouth · near
81,250 median HH income
61.1% of the leader · rank #3
Meadow Lakes · near
81,250
Meadow Lakes · near
81,250 median HH income
61.1% of the leader · rank #4
Ardentown · near
81,250
Ardentown · near
81,250 median HH income
61.1% of the leader · rank #5
Shady Dale · near
81,250
Shady Dale · near
81,250 median HH income
61.1% of the leader · rank #6
Summerland · highest
133,083
Summerland · highest
133,083 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 March ARB 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: 1,251.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, March ARB places in the 63rd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
63rd
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: March ARB, CA
March ARB is a small town in California, home to 1,251 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. March ARB households earn a median of $81,250 annually, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 23.5%. The median resident age is 38.7 years. Educational attainment runs 33.9% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 28.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
California carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 110.7 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $2,053 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in California run around $275, per EIA 2023 residential energy 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 March ARB'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; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For March ARB, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, 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 March ARB?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 48.3%. 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 March ARB?
Within California, the closest population matches are Buttonwillow (1,251 residents, $35,417 income); Plymouth (1,250 residents, $81,250 income); Hasley Canyon (1,254 residents, $120,714 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Baxter, IA (1,251 residents); Bellefonte, KY (1,251 residents); Fyffe, AL (1,250 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.
Above median income · poverty 23.5% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.7 (US=100)
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
F
City profile score · March ARB, CA
35/100
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-
33.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income C+
$81,250
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
23.5%
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).
March ARB profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 65/100 (B-) · 33.9%
Household income: 61/100 (C+) · $81,250
Poverty rate: 8/100 (F) · 23.5%
Cost of living: 6/100 (F) · 110.7 index
How does March ARB compare to other US cities?
March ARB measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income63% 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 March ARB 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 March ARB near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, March ARB ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares March ARB only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#758 of 1,338
43rd percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#147 of 1,450
90th percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#548 of 1,458
62nd 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
63rd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$81,250March ARB, CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context March ARB, 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 March ARB, CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)33.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)23.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)28.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,251
Median Income
$81,250
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
38.7
Poverty Rate
23.5%
Labor force participation
28.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
33.9%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
48.3%
Carpool
31.2%
Public Transit
5.7%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
14.8%
Based on 298 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 March ARB. 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 March ARB 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 March ARB sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How March ARB 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.