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SheetFL-HERITAGE-PINES-FL · Heritage Pines, FL 1,520 pop · income 45th 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 Heritage Pines
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Heritage Pines on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Marmet · lowest
47,620
Marmet · lowest
47,620 median HH income
34.7% of the leader · rank #1
Lyons · near
66,769
Lyons · near
66,769 median HH income
48.7% of the leader · rank #2
Heritage Pines · this city
66,771
Heritage Pines · this city
66,771 median HH income
48.7% of the leader · rank #3
Gilcrest · near
66,771
Gilcrest · near
66,771 median HH income
48.7% of the leader · rank #4
Pillager · near
66,771
Pillager · near
66,771 median HH income
48.7% of the leader · rank #5
Providence · near
66,772
Providence · near
66,772 median HH income
48.7% of the leader · rank #6
Belleair Beach · highest
137,045
Belleair Beach · highest
137,045 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 Heritage Pines 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: 1,520.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Heritage Pines lands in the 45th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
45th
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: Heritage Pines, FL
Florida's Heritage Pines is a small town, with 1,520 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Heritage Pines brings in $66,771 a year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. Home values in Heritage Pines run a median of $263,500, and the median resident age is 75.9 years. About 31.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 9.0% 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. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,526 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $225 across Florida, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Commute times here average 15.7 minutes, with 67.9% driving alone and 32.1% working from home, per Census ACS commuting 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 Heritage Pines'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 Heritage Pines, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, local building permits, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Heritage Pines?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 0.0%, 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. 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Heritage Pines?
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Astor (1,507 residents, $59,643 income); Belleair Beach (1,506 residents, $137,045 income); East Palatka (1,536 residents, $72,153 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Panora, IA (1,520 residents); Dover Beaches South, NJ (1,520 residents); Little Walnut, NM (1,520 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 journey to work look like in Heritage Pines?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 67.9%. The reported mean trip to work is 15.7 minutes.
Below median income · poverty 0.0% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
C
City profile score · Heritage Pines, FL
57/100
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 A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share C+
31.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income D
$66,771
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); 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).
Heritage Pines profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Bachelor's+ share: 61/100 (C+) · 31.9%
Household income: 45/100 (D) · $66,771
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
How does Heritage Pines compare to other US cities?
Here's how Heritage Pines stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income45% 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 Heritage Pines 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 Heritage Pines near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Heritage Pines ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Heritage Pines only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#485 of 903
46th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#532 of 894
40th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#855 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#385 of 930
58th 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
45th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Heritage Pines's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$263,50042nd 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
Heritage Pines's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#10,544 of 15,516
More affordable than 32% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,266 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.9×, Heritage Pines sits in the moderate band:
national rank #10,544 of 15,516 and #8,266 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
$66,771Heritage Pines, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Heritage Pines, 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 Heritage Pines, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)31.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)9.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,520
Median Income
$66,771
Median Home Value
$263,500
Median Age
75.9
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
9.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
31.9%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
15.7 minutes
Drive Alone
67.9%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
32.1%
Based on 137 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 Heritage Pines. 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 Heritage Pines 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 Heritage Pines sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Heritage Pines 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.