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SheetFL-DELAND-SOUTHWEST-FL · DeLand Southwest, FL 1,042 pop · income 8th 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 DeLand Southwest
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest DeLand Southwest on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Yorkshire · lowest
25,370
Yorkshire · lowest
25,370 median HH income
17.8% of the leader · rank #1
Bayou La Batre · near
40,667
Bayou La Batre · near
40,667 median HH income
28.5% of the leader · rank #2
Redkey · near
40,667
Redkey · near
40,667 median HH income
28.5% of the leader · rank #3
Farwell · near
40,667
Farwell · near
40,667 median HH income
28.5% of the leader · rank #4
DeLand Southw… · this city
40,670
DeLand Southw… · this city
40,670 median HH income
28.5% of the leader · rank #5
Monmouth · near
40,673
Monmouth · near
40,673 median HH income
28.5% of the leader · rank #6
Winding Cypre… · highest
142,819
Winding Cypre… · highest
142,819 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 DeLand Southwest 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: 1,042.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, DeLand Southwest lands in the 8th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
8th
percentile, household income
58th
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: DeLand Southwest, FL
DeLand Southwest is a small town in Florida, home to 1,042 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in DeLand Southwest brings in $40,670 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 34.0%. DeLand Southwest's housing stock carries a median value of $262,500, and the median resident age is 46.1 years. 13.0% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 45.8% 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. 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 DeLand Southwest'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 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 DeLand Southwest, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, matched public-school count, 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.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in DeLand Southwest?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 6.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 34.0%, 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.
What does the journey to work look like in DeLand Southwest?
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 75.7%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for DeLand Southwest?
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Panacea (1,039 residents, $36,332 income); Avalon (1,033 residents, $96,318 income); Mexico Beach (1,033 residents, $64,013 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Chualar, CA (1,042 residents); Shandon, CA (1,042 residents); Lake Linden, MI (1,042 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.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 34.0% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
F
City profile score · DeLand Southwest, 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.
Bachelor's+ share F
13.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$40,670
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
34.0%
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).
DeLand Southwest profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Bachelor's+ share: 15/100 (F) · 13.0%
Household income: 8/100 (F) · $40,670
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 34.0%
How does DeLand Southwest compare to other US cities?
Here's how DeLand Southwest stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income8% higher than other cities
Home value58% 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 DeLand Southwest 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 DeLand Southwest near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, DeLand Southwest ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares DeLand Southwest only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#849 of 903
6th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#535 of 894
40th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#25 of 930
97th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#769 of 930
17th 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
8th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How DeLand Southwest's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$262,50042nd percentilemore affordable than 42% 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
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,416 of 15,516
More affordable than 7% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,656 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 6.5×, DeLand Southwest sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,416 of 15,516 and #10,656 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
$40,670DeLand Southwest, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context DeLand Southwest, 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 DeLand Southwest, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)13.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)34.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)45.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,042
Median Income
$40,670
Median Home Value
$262,500
Median Age
46.1
Poverty Rate
34.0%
Labor force participation
45.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
13.0%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
75.7%
Carpool
9.2%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
7.2%
Other
7.9%
Based on 346 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 DeLand Southwest. 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 DeLand Southwest 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 DeLand Southwest sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How DeLand Southwest 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.