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Place dossier plate
SheetFL-HIGH-SPRINGS-FL · High Springs, FL 6,396 pop · income 62nd 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 High Springs
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest High Springs on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Sidney · lowest
51,704
Sidney · lowest
51,704 median HH income
20.7% of the leader · rank #1
Papaikou · near
80,972
Papaikou · near
80,972 median HH income
32.4% of the leader · rank #2
Bentley · near
80,972
Bentley · near
80,972 median HH income
32.4% of the leader · rank #3
Meadowood · near
80,972
Meadowood · near
80,972 median HH income
32.4% of the leader · rank #4
Doylestown · near
80,972
Doylestown · near
80,972 median HH income
32.4% of the leader · rank #5
High Springs · this city
80,973
High Springs · this city
80,973 median HH income
32.4% of the leader · rank #6
Camino Tassaj… · highest
250,001
Camino Tassaj… · highest
250,001 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 High Springs 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: 6,396.
High Springs ranks in the 62nd percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
62nd
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: High Springs, FL
Florida's High Springs is a small town, with 6,396 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. High Springs households earn a median of $80,973 annually, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 8.6%. Home values in High Springs run a median of $263,800, and the median resident age is 37.2 years. 32.9% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 60.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 41 residential building permits were authorized in High Springs (Construction Slowdown), down 39% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. NOAA climate normals record an annual average temperature of 68.3°F with 51.7 inches of precipitation per year.
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). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,526 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Florida run around $225, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Workers in High Springs report an average commute of 24.7 minutes, with 81.7% driving alone and 9.4% working from home. 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 High Springs'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 population change to comparison shortlist to climate and hazard context to schools and households to work and mobility to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For High Springs, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, commute-mode shares, matched public-school count, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Population change
Is High Springs growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +512 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +8.2% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 41 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Which cities make useful reference points for High Springs?
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Sanibel (6,402 residents, $122,730 income); River Park (6,415 residents, $57,370 income); Ocean (6,480 residents, $56,160 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Stratmoor, CO (6,396 residents); Sidney, NE (6,396 residents); Camino Tassajara, CA (6,395 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 physical conditions frame life in High Springs?
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 68.3°F, with 51.7 inches of precipitation. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Florida is 75.7 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
What does the education layer cover for High Springs?
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 32.9% 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 matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in High Springs?
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 81.7%. The reported mean trip to work is 24.7 minutes.
Public transit
0.0%
Work from home
9.4%
Drive alone
81.7%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 2,669 workers age 16+.
How far does income reach against housing in High Springs?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 8.6%, 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.
Household income
$80,973
Home value
$263,800
Value / income
3.3×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Above median income · poverty 8.6% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
D
City profile score · High Springs, FL
48/100
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 C+
32.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income C+
$80,973
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate D
8.6%
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).
High Springs profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 63/100 (C+) · 32.9%
Household income: 60/100 (C+) · $80,973
Poverty rate: 45/100 (D) · 8.6%
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
How does High Springs compare to other US cities?
Where High Springs sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income62% 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 High Springs 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 High Springs near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, High Springs ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares High Springs only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#306 of 903
66th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#529 of 894
41st percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#426 of 930
54th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#361 of 930
61st 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
62nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How High Springs's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$263,80042nd 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
High Springs's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#7,938 of 15,516
More affordable than 49% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#6,520 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.3×, High Springs sits in the moderate band:
national rank #7,938 of 15,516 and #6,520 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
$80,973High Springs, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context High Springs, 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 High Springs, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)32.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)8.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)60.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
6,396
Median Income
$80,973
Median Home Value
$263,800
Median Age
37.2
Poverty Rate
8.6%
Labor force participation
60.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
32.9%
Climate
Avg Temperature
68.3°F
Annual Precipitation
51.7"
Annual Snowfall
0.0"
Schools
Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
High Springs's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
6,250 residents
2021
6,382 residents
2022
6,577 residents
2023
6,685 residents
2024
6,742 residents
2025
6,762 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
41
housing units authorized
Single-Family
39
detached homes
Multifamily
2
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
6.4
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
67
67
0
$9.9M
2020
84
84
0
$12.4M
2021
96
96
0
$14.1M
2022
83
83
0
$12.6M
2023
44
40
4
$12.0M
2024
41
39
2
$14.0M
Permit volume decreased 39% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
24.7 minutes
Drive Alone
81.7%
Carpool
8.9%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
9.4%
Based on 2,669 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 High Springs. 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 High Springs 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 High Springs sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How High Springs 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, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, 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.