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SheetCA-MONTGOMERY-CREEK-CA · Montgomery Creek, CA 227 pop · income 5th 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 Montgomery Creek
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Montgomery Creek on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Alford · lowest
35,147
Alford · lowest
35,147 median HH income
17.0% of the leader · rank #1
Montgomery Cr… · this city
36,563
Montgomery Cr… · this city
36,563 median HH income
17.7% of the leader · rank #2
Canyon Day · near
36,563
Canyon Day · near
36,563 median HH income
17.7% of the leader · rank #3
Bolton · near
36,563
Bolton · near
36,563 median HH income
17.7% of the leader · rank #4
Urbana · near
36,563
Urbana · near
36,563 median HH income
17.7% of the leader · rank #5
Adelphi · near
36,563
Adelphi · near
36,563 median HH income
17.7% of the leader · rank #6
Dillon Beach · highest
206,793
Dillon Beach · highest
206,793 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 Montgomery Creek 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: 227.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Montgomery Creek places in the 5th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
5th
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: Montgomery Creek, CA
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 227 residents in Montgomery Creek, a small town within California. Households in Montgomery Creek report a median income of $36,563 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 1.8%. The median resident age is 64.0 years. 34.6% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 41.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 1 public schools according to NCES Common Core of 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. 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 Montgomery Creek'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 to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Montgomery Creek, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Montgomery Creek?
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 Dillon Beach (224 residents, $206,793 income); Dos Palos Y (230 residents, $36,406 income); Trinity (230 residents, $83,620 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Dragoon, AZ (227 residents); Lonsdale, AR (227 residents); La Crosse, FL (227 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Montgomery Creek?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 77.2%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
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.
What does the education layer cover for Montgomery Creek?
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 34.6% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
F
City profile score · Montgomery Creek, CA
36/100
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
1.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share B-
34.6%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; 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.
Household income F
$36,563
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Montgomery Creek profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 87/100 (A) · 1.8%
Bachelor's+ share: 66/100 (B-) · 34.6%
Cost of living: 6/100 (F) · 110.7 index
Household income: 2/100 (F) · $36,563
How does Montgomery Creek compare to other US cities?
Where Montgomery Creek sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income5% 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 Montgomery Creek 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 Montgomery Creek near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Montgomery Creek ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Montgomery Creek only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#1,300 of 1,338
3rd percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#1,128 of 1,450
22nd percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#533 of 1,458
63rd 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
5th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$36,563Montgomery Creek, CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Montgomery Creek, 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 Montgomery Creek, CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)34.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)1.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)41.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
227
Median Income
$36,563
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
64.0
Poverty Rate
1.8%
Labor force participation
41.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
34.6%
Schools
Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
77.2%
Carpool
6.5%
Public Transit
2.2%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
14.1%
Based on 92 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 Montgomery Creek. 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 Montgomery Creek 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 Montgomery Creek sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Montgomery Creek 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, NCES CCD, 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.