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SheetFL-HILL-N-DALE-FL · Hill 'n Dale, FL 3,722 pop · income 23rd 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 Hill 'n Dale
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Hill 'n Dale on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Montura · lowest
33,438
Montura · lowest
33,438 median HH income
28.5% of the leader · rank #1
St. Anthony · near
52,446
St. Anthony · near
52,446 median HH income
44.7% of the leader · rank #2
Humeston · near
52,446
Humeston · near
52,446 median HH income
44.7% of the leader · rank #3
Princeton · near
52,450
Princeton · near
52,450 median HH income
44.7% of the leader · rank #4
Hill 'n Dale · this city
52,452
Hill 'n Dale · this city
52,452 median HH income
44.7% of the leader · rank #5
Boscobel · near
52,457
Boscobel · near
52,457 median HH income
44.7% of the leader · rank #6
Felton · highest
117,375
Felton · highest
117,375 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 Hill 'n Dale 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: 3,722.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Hill 'n Dale places in the 23rd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
23rd
percentile, household income
16th
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: Hill 'n Dale, FL
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 3,722 residents in Hill 'n Dale, a small town within Florida. Hill 'n Dale households earn a median of $52,452 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 19.3%. Hill 'n Dale's housing stock carries a median value of $117,000, and the median resident age is 37.2 years. 9.6% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 66.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
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. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Florida's average monthly utility costs around $225 (state average). 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 Hill 'n Dale'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 work and mobility to housing and income to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Hill 'n Dale, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Hill 'n Dale?
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 80.9%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
How far does income reach against housing in Hill 'n Dale?
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 2.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 19.3%, 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. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
Which cities make useful reference points for Hill 'n Dale?
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Watergate (3,709 residents, $72,641 income); Point Baker (3,757 residents, $61,442 income); Chipley (3,678 residents, $34,311 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Rosemont, PA (3,722 residents); Angels, CA (3,721 residents); Felton, CA (3,721 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.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
F
City profile score · Hill 'n Dale, FL
18/100
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.
Household income F
$52,452
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
19.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
9.6%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Hill 'n Dale profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Household income: 24/100 (F) · $52,452
Poverty rate: 15/100 (F) · 19.3%
Bachelor's+ share: 5/100 (F) · 9.6%
How does Hill 'n Dale compare to other US cities?
Hill 'n Dale measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income23% higher than other cities
Home value16% 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 Hill 'n Dale 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 Hill 'n Dale near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Hill 'n Dale ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Hill 'n Dale only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#703 of 903
22nd percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#826 of 894
8th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#132 of 930
85th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#834 of 930
10th 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
23rd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Hill 'n Dale's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$117,000Among the most affordablemore affordable than 84% 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
Hill 'n Dale's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#2,611 of 15,516
More affordable than 83% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,436 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.2×, Hill 'n Dale sits in the affordable band:
national rank #2,611 of 15,516 and #2,436 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
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
$52,452Hill 'n Dale, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Hill 'n Dale, 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 Hill 'n Dale, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)9.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)19.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)66.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
3,722
Median Income
$52,452
Median Home Value
$117,000
Median Age
37.2
Poverty Rate
19.3%
Labor force participation
66.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
9.6%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
80.9%
Carpool
8.3%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.2%
Work from Home
9.4%
Other
1.2%
Based on 1,875 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 Hill 'n Dale. 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 Hill 'n Dale 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 Hill 'n Dale sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Hill 'n Dale 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.