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SheetFL-ALFORD-FL · Alford, FL 322 pop · income 14th 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 Alford
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Alford on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Yeehaw Juncti… · lowest
41,809
Yeehaw Juncti… · lowest
41,809 median HH income
33.7% of the leader · rank #1
Roseland · near
46,003
Roseland · near
46,003 median HH income
37.0% of the leader · rank #2
Louisiana · near
46,006
Louisiana · near
46,006 median HH income
37.0% of the leader · rank #3
Alford · this city
46,009
Alford · this city
46,009 median HH income
37.0% of the leader · rank #4
Delta · near
46,010
Delta · near
46,010 median HH income
37.0% of the leader · rank #5
Meadville · near
46,012
Meadville · near
46,012 median HH income
37.0% of the leader · rank #6
Glen Ridge · highest
124,219
Glen Ridge · highest
124,219 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 Alford 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: 322.
Alford ranks in the 14th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
14th
percentile, household income
73rd
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: Alford, FL
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 322 residents in Alford, a small town within Florida. Households in Alford report a median income of $46,009 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 15.6%. The median resident age is 61.2 years. 6.0% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 56.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 0 residential units authorized here in 2024 (No Permits), down 100% from five years earlier.
Florida carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Florida at 103.4 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Above Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,526 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $225 across Florida, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 75.7 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Alford'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 population change to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Alford, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, local building permits, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Alford?
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 Florida, the closest population matches are Glen Ridge (319 residents, $124,219 income); Wacissa (328 residents, $118,144 income); Floridatown (330 residents). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Kings, IL (322 residents); Latham, IL (322 residents); Mount Clare, IL (322 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.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +25 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +5.0% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 0 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
What does the journey to work look like in Alford?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 78.2%. 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.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
F
City profile score · Alford, FL
16/100
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
103.4 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate F
15.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$46,009
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
6.0%
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).
Alford profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Poverty rate: 21/100 (F) · 15.6%
Household income: 15/100 (F) · $46,009
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 6.0%
How does Alford compare to other US cities?
Here's how Alford stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income14% higher than other cities
Median rent73% 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 Alford against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Florida only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Florida-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Alford near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Alford ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Alford only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#791 of 903
12th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#195 of 930
79th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#889 of 930
4th percentile in Florida
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 Florida only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
14th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$46,009Alford, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Alford, FL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Alford, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)6.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)15.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)56.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
322
Median Income
$46,009
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
61.2
Poverty Rate
15.6%
Labor force participation
56.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
6.0%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Alford's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
496 residents
2021
503 residents
2022
510 residents
2023
520 residents
2024
524 residents
2025
521 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
Total Permits (2024)
0
housing units authorized
Single-Family
0
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2021
2
2
0
$0.3M
2022
4
4
0
$0.8M
2023
2
2
0
$0.4M
2024
0
0
0
-
Permit volume decreased 100% from 2021 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
78.2%
Carpool
18.6%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
3.2%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 156 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Florida statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Florida at $225 (electricity about $145 , water and sewer about $55 ).
These are Florida statewide averages, not a meter reading for Alford. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Florida's BEA cost-of-living index is 103.4 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Alford is $1,526/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Florida statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 75.7 / 100 (High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Florida statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Alford sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Alford compares to similar-size Florida 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 BPS 2024, 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.