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SheetFL-CORAL-GABLES-FL · Coral Gables, FL 49,243 pop · income 90th 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 Coral Gables
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Coral Gables on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
University CD… · lowest
36,483
University CD… · lowest
36,483 median HH income
27.9% of the leader · rank #1
East Verde Es… · near
130,789
East Verde Es… · near
130,789 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #2
Fair Lakes · near
130,789
Fair Lakes · near
130,789 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #3
Long Beach · near
130,795
Long Beach · near
130,795 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #4
Coral Gables · this city
130,803
Coral Gables · this city
130,803 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
St. Michael · near
130,814
St. Michael · near
130,814 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
Sachse · highest
130,839
Sachse · highest
130,839 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 Coral Gables 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: 49,243.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Coral Gables places in the 90th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
90th
percentile, household income
97th
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: Coral Gables, FL
Florida's Coral Gables is a small city, with 49,243 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $130,803 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 5.2%. Typical homes in Coral Gables are valued around $1,007,500, and the median resident age is 39.0 years. Educational attainment runs 71.9% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 55.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 50 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Building Boom), up 92% from five years earlier.
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. The average commute for Coral Gables workers runs 18.9 minutes, with 61.1% driving alone and 22.2% working from home. 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 Coral Gables'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 work and mobility to housing and income to schools and households to comparison shortlist to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Coral Gables, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, matched public-school count, commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Coral Gables?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 61.1%. The reported mean trip to work is 18.9 minutes.
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.
How far does income reach against housing in Coral Gables?
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 7.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the education layer cover for Coral Gables?
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 8 public schools within the city match. 71.9% 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Coral Gables?
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 Titusville (49,004 residents, $64,898 income); University CDP (Hillsborough County) (48,868 residents, $36,483 income); Fort Pierce (48,094 residents, $46,745 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Everett, MA (49,236 residents); Barnstable, MA (49,232 residents); Lawrence, IN (49,284 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.
Population change
Is Coral Gables growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -162 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -0.3% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 50 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
2020 estimate
49,740
2025 estimate
49,578
Period change
-0.3%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Top-decile income · poverty 5.2% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
B-
City profile score · Coral Gables, FL
69/100
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.
Bachelor's+ share A+
71.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income A+
$130,803
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate C+
5.2%
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.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Coral Gables profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 99/100 (A+) · 71.9%
Household income: 90/100 (A+) · $130,803
Poverty rate: 64/100 (C+) · 5.2%
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
How does Coral Gables compare to other US cities?
Coral Gables measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income90% higher than other cities
Home value97% 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 Coral Gables 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 Coral Gables near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Coral Gables ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Coral Gables only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#51 of 903
94th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#22 of 894
98th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#612 of 930
34th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#18 of 930
98th 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
90th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Coral Gables's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$1,007,5003rd percentilemore affordable than 3% 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
Coral Gables's home-value-to-income ratio: 7.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,935 of 15,516
More affordable than 4% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#3,179 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 7.7×, Coral Gables sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,935 of 15,516 and #3,179 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
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
$130,803Coral Gables, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Coral Gables, 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 Coral Gables, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)71.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)55.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
49,243
Median Income
$130,803
Median Home Value
$1,007,500
Median Age
39.0
Poverty Rate
5.2%
Labor force participation
55.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
71.9%
Schools
Total Schools
8
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Coral Gables's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
49,740 residents
2021
49,669 residents
2022
49,623 residents
2023
50,156 residents
2024
50,079 residents
2025
49,578 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
50
housing units authorized
Single-Family
50
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
1
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
26
26
0
$33.7M
2020
33
33
0
$44.0M
2021
28
28
0
$38.5M
2022
20
20
0
$55.6M
2023
38
38
0
$86.9M
2024
50
50
0
$124.8M
Permit volume increased 92% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
18.9 minutes
Drive Alone
61.1%
Carpool
5.6%
Public Transit
1.4%
Walk
5.9%
Work from Home
22.2%
Other
3.8%
Based on 22,683 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 Coral Gables. 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 Coral Gables 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 Coral Gables sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Coral Gables 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 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.