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Place dossier plate
SheetFL-CEDAR-GROVE-FL · Cedar Grove, FL 2,911 pop · income 12th 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 Cedar Grove
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Cedar Grove on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Union City · lowest
42,754
Union City · lowest
42,754 median HH income
30.5% of the leader · rank #1
Mitchell · near
44,196
Mitchell · near
44,196 median HH income
31.6% of the leader · rank #2
Corning · near
44,197
Corning · near
44,197 median HH income
31.6% of the leader · rank #3
Cedar Grove · this city
44,202
Cedar Grove · this city
44,202 median HH income
31.6% of the leader · rank #4
Liberty · near
44,205
Liberty · near
44,205 median HH income
31.6% of the leader · rank #5
Deer · near
44,208
Deer · near
44,208 median HH income
31.6% of the leader · rank #6
Westlake · highest
140,000
Westlake · highest
140,000 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 Cedar Grove 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: 2,911.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Cedar Grove lands in the 12th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
12th
percentile, household income
26th
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: Cedar Grove, FL
Cedar Grove is a small town in Florida, home to 2,911 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Cedar Grove brings in $44,202 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 8.3%. Home values in Cedar Grove run a median of $147,400, and the median resident age is 34.7 years. About 12.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 58.6% 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. 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 Cedar Grove'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 Cedar Grove, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, 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 Cedar Grove?
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Verona Walk (2,931 residents, $54,039 income); Polk City (2,884 residents, $83,333 income); Lake Helen (2,877 residents, $94,952 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Lake City, GA (2,911 residents); Union City, PA (2,911 residents); Desert Hills, AZ (2,910 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 Cedar Grove?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 71.1%. 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 Cedar Grove?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 8.3%, 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-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
F
City profile score · Cedar Grove, FL
24/100
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 D
8.3%
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.
Household income F
$44,202
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
12.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Cedar Grove profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 46/100 (D) · 8.3%
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Household income: 12/100 (F) · $44,202
Bachelor's+ share: 12/100 (F) · 12.1%
How does Cedar Grove compare to other US cities?
Here's how Cedar Grove stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income12% higher than other cities
Home value26% 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 Cedar Grove 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 Cedar Grove near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Cedar Grove ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Cedar Grove only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#816 of 903
10th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#780 of 894
13th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#442 of 930
52nd percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#788 of 930
15th 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
12th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Cedar Grove's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$147,400Among the most affordablemore affordable than 74% 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
Cedar Grove's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#8,283 of 15,516
More affordable than 47% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#6,761 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.3×, Cedar Grove sits in the moderate band:
national rank #8,283 of 15,516 and #6,761 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
$44,202Cedar Grove, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Cedar Grove, 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 Cedar Grove, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)12.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)8.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)58.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,911
Median Income
$44,202
Median Home Value
$147,400
Median Age
34.7
Poverty Rate
8.3%
Labor force participation
58.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
12.1%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
71.1%
Carpool
17.9%
Public Transit
5.3%
Walk
2.9%
Work from Home
0.4%
Other
2.4%
Based on 1,333 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 Cedar Grove. 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 Cedar Grove 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 Cedar Grove sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Cedar Grove 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.