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Place dossier plate
SheetCA-PIXLEY-CA · Pixley, CA 3,796 pop · income 50th 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 Pixley
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Pixley on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
San Diego · lowest
46,969
San Diego · lowest
46,969 median HH income
44.1% of the leader · rank #1
Sanford · near
70,570
Sanford · near
70,570 median HH income
66.3% of the leader · rank #2
Brentwood · near
70,573
Brentwood · near
70,573 median HH income
66.3% of the leader · rank #3
Pixley · this city
70,574
Pixley · this city
70,574 median HH income
66.3% of the leader · rank #4
Waukegan · near
70,578
Waukegan · near
70,578 median HH income
66.3% of the leader · rank #5
Stockbridge · near
70,579
Stockbridge · near
70,579 median HH income
66.3% of the leader · rank #6
Mission Hills · highest
106,455
Mission Hills · highest
106,455 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 Pixley 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: 3,796.
Pixley ranks in the 50th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
50th
percentile, household income
48th
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: Pixley, CA
California's Pixley is a small town, with 3,796 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Pixley brings in $70,574 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 10.5%. Pixley's housing stock carries a median value of $220,000, and the median resident age is 22.7 years. About 6.4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 55.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 2 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
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. 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. Commute times here average 27.5 minutes, with 60.5% driving alone and 3.3% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. 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 Pixley'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 housing and income to comparison shortlist to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Pixley, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates; 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 Pixley?
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 60.5%. The reported mean trip to work is 27.5 minutes.
How far does income reach against housing in Pixley?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 10.5%, 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. 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Pixley?
Within California, the closest population matches are Mission Hills (3,794 residents, $106,455 income); Bishop (3,793 residents, $82,205 income); Wheatland (3,790 residents, $81,827 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Waukon, IA (3,796 residents); West Liberty, IA (3,795 residents); San Diego, TX (3,795 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.
The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 6.4% 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.
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.
Above median income · poverty 10.5% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.7 (US=100)
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
F
City profile score · Pixley, CA
27/100
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 C-
$70,574
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
10.5%
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.
Bachelor's+ share F
6.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Pixley profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 50/100 (C-) · $70,574
Poverty rate: 38/100 (F) · 10.5%
Cost of living: 6/100 (F) · 110.7 index
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 6.4%
How does Pixley compare to other US cities?
Pixley measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income50% higher than other cities
Home value48% 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 Pixley 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 Pixley near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Pixley ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Pixley only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#915 of 1,338
32nd percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Median Home Value
#1,228 of 1,343
9th percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#463 of 1,450
68th percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1,300 of 1,458
11th 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
50th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Pixley's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$220,000Among the most affordablemore affordable than 52% 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
Pixley's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#7,269 of 15,516
More affordable than 53% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#6,053 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.1×, Pixley sits in the moderate band:
national rank #7,269 of 15,516 and #6,053 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
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
$70,574Pixley, CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Pixley, 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 Pixley, CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)6.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)10.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)55.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
3,796
Median Income
$70,574
Median Home Value
$220,000
Median Age
22.7
Poverty Rate
10.5%
Labor force participation
55.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
6.4%
Schools
Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
27.5 minutes
Drive Alone
60.5%
Carpool
34.2%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
2.0%
Work from Home
3.3%
Based on 1,554 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 Pixley. 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 Pixley 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 Pixley sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Pixley 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.