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Place dossier plate
SheetFL-COMBEE-SETTLEMENT-FL · Combee Settlement, FL 4,756 pop · income 9th 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 Combee Settlement
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Combee Settlement on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Altheimer · lowest
41,364
Altheimer · lowest
41,364 median HH income
24.9% of the leader · rank #1
Mears · near
41,364
Mears · near
41,364 median HH income
24.9% of the leader · rank #2
New Market · near
41,364
New Market · near
41,364 median HH income
24.9% of the leader · rank #3
Combee Settle… · this city
41,366
Combee Settle… · this city
41,366 median HH income
24.9% of the leader · rank #4
Campbell · near
41,368
Campbell · near
41,368 median HH income
24.9% of the leader · rank #5
Cedar Knolls · highest
166,077
Cedar Knolls · highest
166,077 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
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 Combee Settlement 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: 4,756.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Combee Settlement lands in the 9th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
9th
percentile, household income
36th
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: Combee Settlement, FL
Combee Settlement is a small town in Florida, home to 4,756 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Combee Settlement households earn a median of $41,366 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 23.6%. Typical homes in Combee Settlement are valued around $177,400, and the median resident age is 30.9 years. About 9.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 50.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Florida carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Florida at 103.4 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Above Average). 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). FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 75.7 out of 100 (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Combee Settlement'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 housing and income 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 Combee Settlement, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Combee Settlement?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 23.6%, 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. 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Combee Settlement?
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Warm Mineral Springs (4,756 residents, $51,419 income); Nassau Village-Ratliff (4,749 residents, $55,613 income); Whitfield CDP (Manatee County) (4,745 residents, $102,200 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Nellis AFB, NV (4,755 residents); Whitehouse, OH (4,757 residents); North Kansas City, MO (4,758 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 Combee Settlement?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 85.9%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 23.6% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
F
City profile score · Combee Settlement, FL
12/100
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.
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
$41,366
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
23.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
9.3%
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).
Combee Settlement profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Household income: 9/100 (F) · $41,366
Poverty rate: 8/100 (F) · 23.6%
Bachelor's+ share: 5/100 (F) · 9.3%
How does Combee Settlement compare to other US cities?
Here's how Combee Settlement stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income9% higher than other cities
Home value36% 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 Combee Settlement 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 Combee Settlement near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Combee Settlement ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Combee Settlement only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#839 of 903
7th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#729 of 894
18th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#79 of 930
91st percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#836 of 930
10th 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
9th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Combee Settlement's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$177,400Among the most affordablemore affordable than 64% 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
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,490 of 15,516
More affordable than 26% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,862 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.3×, Combee Settlement sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,490 of 15,516 and #8,862 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
$41,366Combee Settlement, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Combee Settlement, 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 Combee Settlement, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)9.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)23.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)50.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
4,756
Median Income
$41,366
Median Home Value
$177,400
Median Age
30.9
Poverty Rate
23.6%
Labor force participation
50.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
9.3%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
85.9%
Carpool
4.9%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
4.8%
Other
4.4%
Based on 1,825 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 Combee Settlement. 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 Combee Settlement 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 Combee Settlement sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Combee Settlement 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.