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SheetFL-APALACHICOLA-FL · Apalachicola, FL 2,304 pop · income 37th 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 Apalachicola
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Apalachicola on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Harlan · lowest
30,365
Harlan · lowest
30,365 median HH income
13.2% of the leader · rank #1
Silverhill · near
61,081
Silverhill · near
61,081 median HH income
26.5% of the leader · rank #2
Apalachicola · this city
61,083
Apalachicola · this city
61,083 median HH income
26.5% of the leader · rank #3
Inman · near
61,083
Inman · near
61,083 median HH income
26.5% of the leader · rank #4
Quinter · near
61,083
Quinter · near
61,083 median HH income
26.5% of the leader · rank #5
New Holstein · near
61,086
New Holstein · near
61,086 median HH income
26.5% of the leader · rank #6
Cranbury · highest
230,703
Cranbury · highest
230,703 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 Apalachicola 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: 2,304.
Apalachicola ranks in the 37th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
37th
percentile, household income
55th
percentile, home value
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: Apalachicola, FL
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 2,304 residents in Apalachicola, a small town within Florida. Households in Apalachicola report a median income of $61,083 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 3.4%. Apalachicola's housing stock carries a median value of $247,900, and the median resident age is 51.8 years. About 32.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 55.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
NOAA climate normals record an annual average temperature of 69.1°F with 53.1 inches of precipitation per year.
Florida carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Florida scores 103.4 (Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,526 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Florida's average monthly utility costs around $225 (state average). 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 Apalachicola'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 housing and income to climate and hazard context to population change to work and mobility to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Apalachicola, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, matched public-school count, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Apalachicola?
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 East Bronson (2,303 residents, $51,405 income); Virginia Gardens (2,306 residents, $72,569 income); Lake Mary Jane (2,323 residents, $146,094 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Aragon, GA (2,304 residents); Fox Lake Hills, IL (2,304 residents); Harlan, KY (2,304 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Apalachicola?
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.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What physical conditions frame life in Apalachicola?
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 69.1°F, with 53.1 inches of precipitation. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Florida is 75.7 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
Is Apalachicola growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +136 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +5.8% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. 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.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Apalachicola?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 74.7%. 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.
Drive alone
74.7%
Work from home
4.4%
Public transit
0.0%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 1,053 workers age 16+.
What does the education layer cover for Apalachicola?
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.
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 32.9% 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.
Poverty estimate
3.4%
Bachelor's degree+
32.9%
Matched public schools
1
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
D
City profile score · Apalachicola, FL
48/100
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.
Poverty rate B+
3.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share C+
32.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$61,083
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
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.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Apalachicola profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 76/100 (B+) · 3.4%
Bachelor's+ share: 63/100 (C+) · 32.9%
Household income: 36/100 (F) · $61,083
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
How does Apalachicola compare to other US cities?
Where Apalachicola sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income37% higher than other cities
Home value55% pricier 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 Apalachicola 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 Apalachicola near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Apalachicola ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Apalachicola only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#580 of 903
36th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#578 of 894
35th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#735 of 930
20th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#361 of 930
61st 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
37th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Apalachicola's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$247,90045th percentilemore affordable than 45% 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
Apalachicola's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#10,864 of 15,516
More affordable than 30% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,470 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.1×, Apalachicola sits in the moderate band:
national rank #10,864 of 15,516 and #8,470 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
$61,083Apalachicola, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Apalachicola, 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 Apalachicola, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)32.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)55.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,304
Median Income
$61,083
Median Home Value
$247,900
Median Age
51.8
Poverty Rate
3.4%
Labor force participation
55.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
32.9%
Climate
Avg Temperature
69.1°F
Annual Precipitation
53.1"
Annual Snowfall
N/A
Schools
Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Apalachicola's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
2,337 residents
2021
2,360 residents
2022
2,395 residents
2023
2,420 residents
2024
2,460 residents
2025
2,473 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
74.7%
Carpool
17.1%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
2.1%
Work from Home
4.4%
Other
1.7%
Based on 1,053 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 Apalachicola. 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 Apalachicola 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 Apalachicola sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Apalachicola 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, NOAA Climate Normals, 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.