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SheetFL-CUDJOE-KEY-FL · Cudjoe Key, FL 2,478 pop · income 66th 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 Cudjoe Key
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Cudjoe Key on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Clearbrook · lowest
34,958
Clearbrook · lowest
34,958 median HH income
25.7% of the leader · rank #1
Bemiss · near
84,886
Bemiss · near
84,886 median HH income
62.4% of the leader · rank #2
Mount Calvary · near
84,886
Mount Calvary · near
84,886 median HH income
62.4% of the leader · rank #3
Cudjoe Key · this city
84,890
Cudjoe Key · this city
84,890 median HH income
62.4% of the leader · rank #4
Calistoga · near
84,892
Calistoga · near
84,892 median HH income
62.4% of the leader · rank #5
Howard · near
84,896
Howard · near
84,896 median HH income
62.4% of the leader · rank #6
Pelican Marsh · highest
136,141
Pelican Marsh · highest
136,141 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 Cudjoe Key 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: 2,478.
Nationally, Cudjoe Key sits in the 66th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
66th
percentile, household income
93rd
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: Cudjoe Key, FL
Florida's Cudjoe Key is a small town, with 2,478 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Cudjoe Key brings in $84,890 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 6.7%. Typical homes in Cudjoe Key are valued around $707,700, and the median resident age is 54.7 years. 37.5% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 52.1% 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. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,526 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Florida run around $225, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. 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 Cudjoe Key'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 comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Cudjoe Key, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates; 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 Cudjoe Key?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 70.1%. 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. 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Cudjoe Key?
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 8.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 6.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Cudjoe Key?
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 Zellwood (2,484 residents, $61,875 income); Berkshire Lakes (2,493 residents, $74,250 income); Pelican Marsh (2,513 residents, $136,141 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Henry, IL (2,478 residents); Piney Mountain, VA (2,478 residents); North Brookfield, MA (2,477 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.
Above median income · poverty 6.7% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
C-
City profile score · Cudjoe Key, FL
53/100
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 B
37.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income C+
$84,890
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate C-
6.7%
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).
Cudjoe Key profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 71/100 (B) · 37.5%
Household income: 64/100 (C+) · $84,890
Poverty rate: 54/100 (C-) · 6.7%
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
How does Cudjoe Key compare to other US cities?
Cudjoe Key measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income66% higher than other cities
Home value93% 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 Cudjoe Key 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 Cudjoe Key near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Cudjoe Key ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Cudjoe Key only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#270 of 903
70th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#51 of 894
94th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#526 of 930
42nd percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#282 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
66th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Cudjoe Key's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$707,7007th percentilemore affordable than 7% 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
Cudjoe Key's home-value-to-income ratio: 8.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#15,126 of 15,516
More affordable than 3% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#11,090 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 8.3×, Cudjoe Key sits in the pressured band:
national rank #15,126 of 15,516 and #11,090 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
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
$84,890Cudjoe Key, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Cudjoe Key, 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 Cudjoe Key, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)37.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)52.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,478
Median Income
$84,890
Median Home Value
$707,700
Median Age
54.7
Poverty Rate
6.7%
Labor force participation
52.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
37.5%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
70.1%
Carpool
5.4%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.6%
Work from Home
14.8%
Other
9.1%
Based on 1,159 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 Cudjoe Key. 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 Cudjoe Key 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 Cudjoe Key sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Cudjoe Key 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.