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SheetFL-CANAL-POINT-FL · Canal Point, FL 244 pop · income 82nd 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 Canal Point
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Canal Point on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Noma · lowest
44,333
Noma · lowest
44,333 median HH income
17.7% of the leader · rank #1
North Salt La… · near
106,885
North Salt La… · near
106,885 median HH income
42.8% of the leader · rank #2
Canal Point · this city
106,905
Canal Point · this city
106,905 median HH income
42.8% of the leader · rank #3
Cedar Hills · near
106,919
Cedar Hills · near
106,919 median HH income
42.8% of the leader · rank #4
Sewaren · near
106,926
Sewaren · near
106,926 median HH income
42.8% of the leader · rank #5
Old Bridge · near
106,934
Old Bridge · near
106,934 median HH income
42.8% of the leader · rank #6
Golf · highest
250,001
Golf · highest
250,001 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 Canal Point 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: 244.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Canal Point places in the 82nd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
82nd
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: Canal Point, FL
Florida's Canal Point is a small town, with 244 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in Canal Point report a median income of $106,905 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 35.1%. The median resident age is 31.6 years. 37.6% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 81.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 1 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
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. 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 Canal Point'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 schools and households to work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Canal Point, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Canal Point?
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. 37.6% 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Canal Point?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 87.4%. 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. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Which cities make useful reference points for Canal Point?
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 Golf (244 residents, $250,000+ income); Nobleton (246 residents); Campbellton (238 residents, $53,125 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Oliver, GA (244 residents); Wildwood, GA (244 residents); Chesterfield, IL (244 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.
High income · poverty 35.1% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
D
City profile score · Canal Point, FL
45/100
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.
Household income A-
$106,905
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share B
37.6%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; 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.
Poverty rate F
35.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Canal Point profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 80/100 (A-) · $106,905
Bachelor's+ share: 71/100 (B) · 37.6%
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 35.1%
How does Canal Point compare to other US cities?
Where Canal Point sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income82% 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 Canal Point 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 Canal Point near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Canal Point ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Canal Point only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#119 of 903
87th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#23 of 930
98th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#280 of 930
70th 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
82nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$106,905Canal Point, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Canal Point, 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 Canal Point, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)37.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)35.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)81.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
244
Median Income
$106,905
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
31.6
Poverty Rate
35.1%
Labor force participation
81.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
37.6%
Schools
Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
87.4%
Carpool
12.6%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 159 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 Canal Point. 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 Canal Point 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 Canal Point sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Canal Point 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, 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.