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SheetFL-FLORAL-FL · Floral, FL 5,467 pop · income 34th 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 Floral
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Floral on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Cocoa West · lowest
32,746
Cocoa West · lowest
32,746 median HH income
32.6% of the leader · rank #1
Floral · this city
59,000
Floral · this city
59,000 median HH income
58.7% of the leader · rank #2
Cohoe · near
59,000
Cohoe · near
59,000 median HH income
58.7% of the leader · rank #3
Denison · near
59,000
Denison · near
59,000 median HH income
58.7% of the leader · rank #4
Lyle · near
59,000
Lyle · near
59,000 median HH income
58.7% of the leader · rank #5
Reedsville · near
59,000
Reedsville · near
59,000 median HH income
58.7% of the leader · rank #6
Rio Pinar · highest
100,574
Rio Pinar · highest
100,574 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 Floral 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: 5,467.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Floral lands in the 34th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
34th
percentile, household income
47th
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: Floral, FL
Florida's Floral is a small town, with 5,467 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $59,000 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 8.7%. Typical homes in Floral are valued around $216,100, and the median resident age is 61.2 years. Educational attainment runs 17.3% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 36.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Florida carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Florida scores 103.4 (Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,526 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $225 across Florida, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. 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 Floral'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 Floral, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, annual population history, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Floral?
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.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 8.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Floral?
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 The Meadows (5,463 residents, $66,003 income); South Gate Ridge (5,456 residents, $76,307 income); Ellenton (5,454 residents, $69,191 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Malone, NY (5,466 residents); Spirit Lake, IA (5,469 residents); St. Paul Park, MN (5,464 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Floral?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 65.9%. 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.
Below median income · poverty 8.7% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
F
City profile score · Floral, FL
33/100
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
8.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$59,000
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
17.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
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).
Floral profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 45/100 (D) · 8.7%
Household income: 33/100 (F) · $59,000
Bachelor's+ share: 26/100 (F) · 17.3%
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
How does Floral compare to other US cities?
Floral measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income34% higher than other cities
Home value47% 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 Floral 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 Floral near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Floral ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Floral only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#613 of 903
32nd percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#653 of 894
27th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#418 of 930
54th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#672 of 930
27th 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
34th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Floral's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$216,100Among the most affordablemore affordable than 53% 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
Floral's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#9,586 of 15,516
More affordable than 38% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#7,648 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.7×, Floral sits in the moderate band:
national rank #9,586 of 15,516 and #7,648 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
$59,000Floral, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Floral, 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 Floral, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)17.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)8.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)36.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
5,467
Median Income
$59,000
Median Home Value
$216,100
Median Age
61.2
Poverty Rate
8.7%
Labor force participation
36.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
17.3%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
65.9%
Carpool
20.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.9%
Work from Home
13.2%
Based on 1,764 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 Floral. 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 Floral 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 Floral sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Floral 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.