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Place dossier plate
SheetFL-BELLEAIR-BEACH-FL · Belleair Beach, FL 1,506 pop · income 92nd 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 Belleair Beach
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Belleair Beach on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Cannelton · lowest
35,900
Cannelton · lowest
35,900 median HH income
26.2% of the leader · rank #1
Medill · near
137,000
Medill · near
137,000 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #2
Belleair Beach · this city
137,045
Belleair Beach · this city
137,045 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #3
South Dennis · near
137,083
South Dennis · near
137,083 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #4
Great Neck · near
137,095
Great Neck · near
137,095 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
Gleneagle · near
137,105
Gleneagle · near
137,105 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
Gateway · highest
137,150
Gateway · highest
137,150 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, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Belleair Beach on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. 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: 1,506.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Belleair Beach - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Belleair Beach places in the 92nd percentile for household income and the 88th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
92nd
percentile, household income
97th
percentile, home value
73rd
percentile, median rent
88th
percentile, safety
📝 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: Belleair Beach, FL
Florida's Belleair Beach is a small town, with 1,506 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Belleair Beach households earn a median of $137,045 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 3.6%. Belleair Beach's housing stock carries a median value of $987,000, and the median resident age is 57.9 years. 59.4% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 47.3% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Belleair Beach reports a comparatively low crime rate: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 434.2 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, below the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
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. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Florida run around $225, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 75.7 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Belleair Beach'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 reported crime to work and mobility to comparison shortlist to housing and income to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Belleair Beach, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What can the FBI record say about safety in Belleair Beach?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 434.2 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 81% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
What does the journey to work look like in Belleair Beach?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 68.5%. 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. 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Belleair Beach?
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 nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Astor (1,507 residents, $59,643 income); Key Vista (1,503 residents, $67,316 income); Callahan (1,502 residents, $57,538 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Susitna North, AK (1,506 residents); Cannelton, IN (1,506 residents); Red Lake, MN (1,506 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 Belleair Beach?
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 7.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.6%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
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.
Population change
Is Belleair Beach growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -50 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -3.1% 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 downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
2020 estimate
1,631
2025 estimate
1,581
Period change
-3.1%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Top-decile income · poverty 3.6% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
B
City profile score · Belleair Beach, FL
73/100
5 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 A+
$137,045
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A+
59.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime A-
62 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate B
3.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
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.
Belleair Beach profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 92/100 (A+) · $137,045
Bachelor's+ share: 91/100 (A+) · 59.4%
Violent crime: 81/100 (A-) · 62 /100k
Poverty rate: 74/100 (B) · 3.6%
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Where Belleair Beach sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Belleair Beach's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Belleair Beach highlighted among 22 peers.Read the chart values
Belleair Beach, FL (this city): home $987,000, crime 434/100k
Lorena, TX : home $263,600, crime 1,547/100k
New York, NY : home $751,700, crime 3,039/100k
Los Angeles, CA : home $879,500, crime 2,212/100k
Chicago, IL : home $315,200, crime 4,012/100k
Houston, TX : home $253,400, crime 5,442/100k
Phoenix, AZ : home $381,900, crime 3,125/100k
Philadelphia, PA : home $232,400, crime 5,457/100k
San Antonio, TX : home $219,700, crime 5,218/100k
San Diego, CA : home $848,500, crime 2,082/100k
Dallas, TX : home $295,300, crime 4,010/100k
San Jose, CA : home $1,187,800, crime 3,195/100k
Austin, TX : home $512,700, crime 3,709/100k
Fort Worth, TX : home $277,300, crime 3,158/100k
Columbus, OH : home $234,500, crime 3,088/100k
Indianapolis, IN : home $207,000, crime 4,214/100k
San Francisco, CA : home $1,380,500, crime 4,526/100k
Seattle, WA : home $912,100, crime 5,783/100k
Denver, CO : home $586,700, crime 5,755/100k
Oklahoma City, OK : home $215,100, crime 3,570/100k
El Paso, TX : home $171,700, crime 1,772/100k
Washington, DC : home $724,600, crime 4,514/100k
How does Belleair Beach compare to other US cities?
Belleair Beach measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income92% higher than other cities
Home value97% pricier than other cities
Median rent73% pricier than other cities
Safety88% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Florida, Belleair Beach ranks #7 of 120 Florida cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Belleair Beach 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 Belleair Beach near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Belleair Beach ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Belleair Beach only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#44 of 903
95th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#24 of 894
97th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#723 of 930
22nd percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#56 of 930
94th 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
92nd percentile nationally for median household income · 88th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Belleair Beach's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Belleair Beach's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Belleair Beach's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$987,0003rd percentilemore affordable than 3% 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
Belleair Beach's home-value-to-income ratio: 7.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,769 of 15,516
More affordable than 5% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,859 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 7.2×, Belleair Beach sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,769 of 15,516 and #10,859 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
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
$137,045Belleair Beach, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Belleair Beach, 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 Belleair Beach, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)59.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)47.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,506
Median Income
$137,045
Median Home Value
$987,000
Median Age
57.9
Poverty Rate
3.6%
Labor force participation
47.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
59.4%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
434.2
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
62.0
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
372.2
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Belleair Beach's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
1,631 residents
2021
1,627 residents
2022
1,628 residents
2023
1,622 residents
2024
1,606 residents
2025
1,581 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
68.5%
Carpool
1.7%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.5%
Work from Home
28.2%
Other
1.1%
Based on 639 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 Belleair Beach. 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 Belleair Beach 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 Belleair Beach sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Belleair Beach 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, FBI UCR, 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.