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SheetFL-BROWNSDALE-FL · Brownsdale, FL 404 pop · income 70th 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 Brownsdale
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Brownsdale on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Lemon Grove · lowest
33,750
Lemon Grove · lowest
33,750 median HH income
34.4% of the leader · rank #1
Brownsdale · this city
89,293
Brownsdale · this city
89,293 median HH income
91.1% of the leader · rank #2
Maybrook · near
89,293
Maybrook · near
89,293 median HH income
91.1% of the leader · rank #3
Lake Lakengren · near
89,295
Lake Lakengren · near
89,295 median HH income
91.1% of the leader · rank #4
Jesup · near
89,297
Jesup · near
89,297 median HH income
91.1% of the leader · rank #5
Strasburg · near
89,298
Strasburg · near
89,298 median HH income
91.1% of the leader · rank #6
Lake Hart · highest
98,068
Lake Hart · highest
98,068 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 Brownsdale 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: 404.
Brownsdale ranks in the 70th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
70th
percentile, household income
58th
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: Brownsdale, FL
Florida's Brownsdale is a small town, with 404 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $89,293 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. Typical homes in Brownsdale are valued around $263,900, and the median resident age is 33.0 years. Educational attainment runs 42.0% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 50.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
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. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,526 per month. 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 Brownsdale'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 to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Brownsdale, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Brownsdale?
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Miccosukee (407 residents); Harold (408 residents, $69,265 income); Wausau (414 residents, $35,750 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Kasilof, AK (404 residents); Rawlings, MD (404 residents); White Pine, MI (404 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 Brownsdale?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 75.4%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
How far does income reach against housing in Brownsdale?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 0.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
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. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Above median income · poverty 0.0% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
B-
City profile score · Brownsdale, FL
67/100
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 A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share B+
42.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income B-
$89,293
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).
Brownsdale profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Bachelor's+ share: 77/100 (B+) · 42.0%
Household income: 69/100 (B-) · $89,293
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
How does Brownsdale compare to other US cities?
Here's how Brownsdale stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income70% higher than other cities
Home value58% 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 Brownsdale 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 Brownsdale near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Brownsdale ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Brownsdale only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#230 of 903
75th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#528 of 894
41st percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#855 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#219 of 930
76th 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
70th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Brownsdale's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$263,90042nd percentilemore affordable than 42% 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
Brownsdale's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#6,448 of 15,516
More affordable than 58% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#5,492 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.0×, Brownsdale sits in the affordable band:
national rank #6,448 of 15,516 and #5,492 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
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
$89,293Brownsdale, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Brownsdale, 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 Brownsdale, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)42.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)50.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
404
Median Income
$89,293
Median Home Value
$263,900
Median Age
33.0
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
50.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
42.0%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
75.4%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
22.2%
Other
2.4%
Based on 167 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 Brownsdale. 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 Brownsdale 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 Brownsdale sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Brownsdale 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 ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.