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SheetCA-PROBERTA-CA · Proberta, CA 475 pop · income 6th 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 Proberta
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Proberta on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Millen · lowest
36,918
Millen · lowest
36,918 median HH income
26.1% of the leader · rank #1
Yemassee · near
36,923
Yemassee · near
36,923 median HH income
26.1% of the leader · rank #2
Elmo · near
36,923
Elmo · near
36,923 median HH income
26.1% of the leader · rank #3
New Trenton · near
36,924
New Trenton · near
36,924 median HH income
26.1% of the leader · rank #4
Portageville · near
36,924
Portageville · near
36,924 median HH income
26.1% of the leader · rank #5
Proberta · this city
36,926
Proberta · this city
36,926 median HH income
26.1% of the leader · rank #6
Springville · highest
141,635
Springville · highest
141,635 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 Proberta 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: 475.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Proberta lands in the 6th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
6th
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: Proberta, CA
California's Proberta is a small town, with 475 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in Proberta report a median income of $36,926 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 51.1%. The median resident age is 32.2 years. Educational attainment runs 0.0% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 50.7% 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). 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 14.3 minutes, with 74.3% driving alone and 25.7% 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 Proberta'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 Proberta, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, matched public-school count, 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 Proberta?
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 74.3%. The reported mean trip to work is 14.3 minutes.
Which cities make useful reference points for Proberta?
Within California, the closest population matches are Pescadero (478 residents); Meadow Valley (469 residents, $63,074 income); San Ardo (481 residents). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Thorne Bay, AK (475 residents); Hiltonia, GA (475 residents); Leaf River, IL (475 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.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 51.1% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.7 (US=100)
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
F
City profile score · Proberta, CA
2/100
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.
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
$36,926
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
51.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
0.0%
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).
Proberta profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 6/100 (F) · 110.7 index
Household income: 3/100 (F) · $36,926
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 51.1%
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 0.0%
How does Proberta compare to other US cities?
Where Proberta sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income6% 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 Proberta 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 Proberta near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Proberta ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Proberta only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#1,297 of 1,338
3rd percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#16 of 1,450
99th percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1,411 of 1,458
0th 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
6th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$36,926Proberta, CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Proberta, 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 Proberta, CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)0.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)51.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)50.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
475
Median Income
$36,926
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
32.2
Poverty Rate
51.1%
Labor force participation
50.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
0.0%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
14.3 minutes
Drive Alone
74.3%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
25.7%
Based on 144 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 Proberta. 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 Proberta 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 Proberta sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Proberta 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.