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SheetFL-GIBSONTON-FL · Gibsonton, FL 18,831 pop · income 55th 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 Gibsonton
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Gibsonton on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Zephyrhills · lowest
49,295
Zephyrhills · lowest
49,295 median HH income
40.8% of the leader · rank #1
Wildwood · near
74,038
Wildwood · near
74,038 median HH income
61.3% of the leader · rank #2
Gibsonton · this city
74,049
Gibsonton · this city
74,049 median HH income
61.3% of the leader · rank #3
Pierre · near
74,053
Pierre · near
74,053 median HH income
61.3% of the leader · rank #4
Excelsior Spr… · near
74,056
Excelsior Spr… · near
74,056 median HH income
61.3% of the leader · rank #5
Macungie · near
74,056
Macungie · near
74,056 median HH income
61.3% of the leader · rank #6
Pinole · highest
120,833
Pinole · highest
120,833 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 Gibsonton 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: 18,831.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Gibsonton lands in the 55th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
55th
percentile, household income
60th
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: Gibsonton, FL
18,831 people live in Gibsonton, Florida - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Gibsonton report a median income of $74,049 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 18.1%. Typical homes in Gibsonton are valued around $274,300, and the median resident age is 33.8 years. About 20.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 62.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 4 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
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. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Florida run around $225, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 75.7 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Gibsonton'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 comparison shortlist to schools and households to housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Gibsonton, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Gibsonton?
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Country Walk (18,693 residents, $118,881 income); Panama City Beach (18,493 residents, $78,921 income); Glenvar Heights (18,488 residents, $71,067 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are La Marque, TX (18,833 residents); Pinole, CA (18,835 residents); White Oak, OH (18,845 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 education layer cover for Gibsonton?
The NCES join finds 4 public schools within the city match. 20.3% 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.
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.
How far does income reach against housing in Gibsonton?
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 18.1%, 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. 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Gibsonton?
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 75.2%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Above median income · poverty 18.1% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
F
City profile score · Gibsonton, FL
34/100
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.
Household income C-
$74,049
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
20.3%
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.
Poverty rate F
18.1%
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).
Gibsonton profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 54/100 (C-) · $74,049
Bachelor's+ share: 35/100 (F) · 20.3%
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Poverty rate: 17/100 (F) · 18.1%
How does Gibsonton compare to other US cities?
Where Gibsonton sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income55% higher than other cities
Home value60% 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 Gibsonton 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 Gibsonton near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Gibsonton ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Gibsonton only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#383 of 903
58th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#504 of 894
44th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#156 of 930
83rd percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#599 of 930
35th 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
55th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Gibsonton's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$274,30040th percentilemore affordable than 40% 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
Gibsonton'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
#9,731 of 15,516
More affordable than 37% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,694 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.7×, Gibsonton sits in the moderate band:
national rank #9,731 of 15,516 and #1,694 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
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
$74,049Gibsonton, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Gibsonton, 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 Gibsonton, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)20.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)18.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)62.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
18,831
Median Income
$74,049
Median Home Value
$274,300
Median Age
33.8
Poverty Rate
18.1%
Labor force participation
62.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
20.3%
Schools
Total Schools
4
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
75.2%
Carpool
9.7%
Public Transit
0.1%
Walk
1.7%
Work from Home
12.5%
Other
0.8%
Based on 8,700 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 Gibsonton. 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 Gibsonton 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 Gibsonton sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Gibsonton 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 ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.