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Place dossier plate
SheetCA-UNIVERSITY-OF-CALIFORNIA-DAVIS-CA · University of California-Davis, CA 8,158 pop · income 0th 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 University of California-Davis
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest University of California-Davis on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Yabucoa zona… · lowest
17,511
Yabucoa zona… · lowest
17,511 median HH income
9.3% of the leader · rank #1
University of… · this city
17,625
University of… · this city
17,625 median HH income
9.4% of the leader · rank #2
Movico · near
17,649
Movico · near
17,649 median HH income
9.4% of the leader · rank #3
Barahona comu… · near
17,662
Barahona comu… · near
17,662 median HH income
9.4% of the leader · rank #4
Grambling · near
17,670
Grambling · near
17,670 median HH income
9.4% of the leader · rank #5
San José comu… · near
17,713
San José comu… · near
17,713 median HH income
9.4% of the leader · rank #6
Rolling Hills… · highest
187,500
Rolling Hills… · highest
187,500 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 University of California-Davis 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: 8,158.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, University of California-Davis lands in the 0th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
0th
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: University of California-Davis, CA
8,158 people live in University of California-Davis, California - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in University of California-Davis brings in $17,625 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 8.4%. The median resident age is 19.5 years. 60.8% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 26.1% 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. 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 University of California-Davis'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; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For University of California-Davis, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for University of California-Davis?
Within California, the closest population matches are Rolling Hills Estates (8,158 residents, $187,500 income); Corning (8,168 residents, $55,732 income); Interlaken (8,191 residents, $111,021 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Springfield, FL (8,157 residents); Breinigsville, PA (8,159 residents); Center Moriches, NY (8,155 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 University of California-Davis?
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.
Working from home is the largest reported mode at 22.1%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 8.4% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.7 (US=100)
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
F
City profile score · University of California-Davis, CA
30/100
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 A+
60.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate D
8.4%
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.
Household income F
$17,625
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).
University of California-Davis profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 92/100 (A+) · 60.8%
Poverty rate: 46/100 (D) · 8.4%
Cost of living: 6/100 (F) · 110.7 index
Household income: 0/100 (F) · $17,625
How does University of California-Davis compare to other US cities?
Where University of California-Davis sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income0% 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 University of California-Davis 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 University of California-Davis near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, University of California-Davis ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares University of California-Davis only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#1,338 of 1,338
0th percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#586 of 1,450
59th percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#166 of 1,458
89th 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
0th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$17,625University of California-Davis, CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context University of California-Davis, 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 University of California-Davis, CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)60.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)8.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)26.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
8,158
Median Income
$17,625
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
19.5
Poverty Rate
8.4%
Labor force participation
26.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
60.8%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
17.0%
Carpool
4.0%
Public Transit
2.9%
Walk
19.8%
Work from Home
22.1%
Other
34.2%
Based on 1,887 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 University of California-Davis. 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 University of California-Davis 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 University of California-Davis sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How University of California-Davis 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.