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SheetFL-BELLEAIR-FL · Belleair, FL 4,350 pop · income 86th 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
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Belleair on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
North Wilkesb… · lowest
39,288
North Wilkesb… · lowest
39,288 median HH income
16.0% of the leader · rank #1
Belleair · this city
117,500
Belleair · this city
117,500 median HH income
47.9% of the leader · rank #2
Santa Ynez · near
117,500
Santa Ynez · near
117,500 median HH income
47.9% of the leader · rank #3
Wardsville · near
117,500
Wardsville · near
117,500 median HH income
47.9% of the leader · rank #4
Nickerson · near
117,500
Nickerson · near
117,500 median HH income
47.9% of the leader · rank #5
Cavendish · near
117,500
Cavendish · near
117,500 median HH income
47.9% of the leader · rank #6
Union Mill · highest
245,265
Union Mill · highest
245,265 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 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: 4,350.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Belleair - the verdict
Nationally, Belleair sits in the 86th percentile for household income and the 78th percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
86th
percentile, household income
91st
percentile, home value
73rd
percentile, median rent
78th
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, FL
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 4,350 residents in Belleair, a small town within Florida. Median household income here is $117,500 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 3.0%. Home values in Belleair run a median of $642,600, and the median resident age is 58.7 years. 54.0% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 49.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 75 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Building Boom), up 103% from five years earlier. Belleair reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 678.6 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Florida carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 103.4 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. 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. 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'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 housing and income to population change to 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 Belleair, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, annual population history, commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles; 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?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 678.6 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 70% 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Belleair?
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 5.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Is Belleair growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +337 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +7.8% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 75 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Belleair?
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 Hutchinson Island South (4,350 residents, $61,422 income); Parker (4,358 residents, $68,043 income); Laguna Beach (4,367 residents, $75,194 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Isle of Palms, SC (4,350 residents); Union Mill, VA (4,351 residents); Williamstown, MA (4,352 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.
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 Belleair?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 73.2%. 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. 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.
Drive alone
73.2%
Work from home
18.0%
Public transit
0.3%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 1,881 workers age 16+.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
B
City profile score · Belleair, 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.
Violent crime A+
22 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share A
54.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income A
$117,500
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate B+
3.0%
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 profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Violent crime: 91/100 (A+) · 22 /100k
Bachelor's+ share: 87/100 (A) · 54.0%
Household income: 85/100 (A) · $117,500
Poverty rate: 79/100 (B+) · 3.0%
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Where Belleair sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Belleair'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 highlighted among 26 peers.Read the chart values
Belleair, FL (this city): home $642,600, crime 679/100k
Isle of Palms, SC : home $1,192,200, crime 1,462/100k
Williamstown, MA : home $436,900, crime 967/100k
North Wilkesboro, NC : home $231,400, crime 2,313/100k
Rose Hill, KS : home $213,400, crime 1,119/100k
Parker, FL : home $193,500, crime 2,297/100k
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 compare to other US cities?
Here's how Belleair stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income86% higher than other cities
Home value91% pricier than other cities
Median rent73% pricier than other cities
Safety78% 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 ranks #18 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 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 near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Belleair ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Belleair only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#84 of 903
91st percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#71 of 894
92nd percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#758 of 930
18th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#101 of 930
89th 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
86th percentile nationally for median household income · 78th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Belleair's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Belleair'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's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$642,6009th percentilemore affordable than 9% 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's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,531 of 15,516
More affordable than 13% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,127 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 5.5×, Belleair sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,531 of 15,516 and #10,127 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
$117,500Belleair, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Belleair, 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, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)54.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)49.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
4,350
Median Income
$117,500
Median Home Value
$642,600
Median Age
58.7
Poverty Rate
3.0%
Labor force participation
49.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
54.0%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
678.6
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
21.9
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
656.7
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's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
4,294 residents
2021
4,334 residents
2022
4,424 residents
2023
4,522 residents
2024
4,589 residents
2025
4,631 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
75
housing units authorized
Single-Family
15
detached homes
Multifamily
60
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
17.2
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
37
12
25
$17.2M
2020
33
13
20
$15.4M
2021
58
13
45
$26.8M
2022
72
12
60
$33.2M
2023
72
12
60
$33.2M
2024
75
15
60
$34.6M
Permit volume increased 103% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
73.2%
Carpool
6.9%
Public Transit
0.3%
Walk
1.5%
Work from Home
18.0%
Based on 1,881 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. 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 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 sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Belleair 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 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.