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Place dossier plate
SheetCA-NORTH-EL-MONTE-CA · North El Monte, CA 4,115 pop · income 81st 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 North El Monte
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest North El Monte on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Nashville · lowest
39,207
Nashville · lowest
39,207 median HH income
17.5% of the leader · rank #1
Matthews · near
105,579
Matthews · near
105,579 median HH income
47.1% of the leader · rank #2
Blythewood · near
105,583
Blythewood · near
105,583 median HH income
47.1% of the leader · rank #3
Lake Summerset · near
105,588
Lake Summerset · near
105,588 median HH income
47.1% of the leader · rank #4
North El Monte · this city
105,590
North El Monte · this city
105,590 median HH income
47.1% of the leader · rank #5
Liberty Lake · near
105,599
Liberty Lake · near
105,599 median HH income
47.1% of the leader · rank #6
San Miguel CD… · highest
224,219
San Miguel CD… · highest
224,219 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 North El Monte 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: 4,115.
Nationally, North El Monte sits in the 81st percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
81st
percentile, household income
96th
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: North El Monte, CA
North El Monte is a small town in California, home to 4,115 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. North El Monte households earn a median of $105,590 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 6.0%. North El Monte's housing stock carries a median value of $852,600, and the median resident age is 48.0 years. About 38.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 64.7% 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). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $2,053 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts California's average monthly utility costs around $275 (state average). 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 North El Monte'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 housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For North El Monte, 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.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for North El Monte?
Within California, the closest population matches are Bystrom (4,109 residents, $42,212 income); Armona (4,084 residents, $60,100 income); Madera Ranchos (4,182 residents, $113,472 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Nashville, AR (4,114 residents); Reiffton, PA (4,114 residents); Williamston, SC (4,116 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 North El Monte?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 70.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
How far does income reach against housing in North El Monte?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 8.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 6.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
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.
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
C
City profile score · North El Monte, CA
55/100
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 B+
$105,590
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share B
38.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate C
6.0%
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).
North El Monte profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 79/100 (B+) · $105,590
Bachelor's+ share: 73/100 (B) · 38.5%
Poverty rate: 59/100 (C) · 6.0%
Cost of living: 6/100 (F) · 110.7 index
How does North El Monte compare to other US cities?
Where North El Monte sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income81% higher than other cities
Home value96% 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 North El Monte 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 North El Monte near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, North El Monte ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares North El Monte only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#447 of 1,338
67th percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Median Home Value
#326 of 1,343
76th percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#758 of 1,450
47th percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#455 of 1,458
69th 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
81st percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How North El Monte's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$852,6004th percentilemore affordable than 4% 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
North El Monte's home-value-to-income ratio: 8.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#15,063 of 15,516
More affordable than 3% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#11,058 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 8.1×, North El Monte sits in the pressured band:
national rank #15,063 of 15,516 and #11,058 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
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
$105,590North El Monte, CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context North El Monte, 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 North El Monte, CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)38.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)64.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
4,115
Median Income
$105,590
Median Home Value
$852,600
Median Age
48.0
Poverty Rate
6.0%
Labor force participation
64.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
38.5%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
70.5%
Carpool
11.6%
Public Transit
0.7%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
17.0%
Based on 2,263 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 North El Monte. 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 North El Monte 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 North El Monte sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How North El Monte 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.