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Place dossier plate
SheetFL-LEMON-GROVE-FL · Lemon Grove, FL 418 pop · income 4th 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 Lemon Grove
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Lemon Grove on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
East Ellijay · lowest
26,563
East Ellijay · lowest
26,563 median HH income
10.6% of the leader · rank #1
Lemon Grove · this city
33,750
Lemon Grove · this city
33,750 median HH income
13.5% of the leader · rank #2
Griffithville · near
33,750
Griffithville · near
33,750 median HH income
13.5% of the leader · rank #3
Payneway · near
33,750
Payneway · near
33,750 median HH income
13.5% of the leader · rank #4
Hornbrook · near
33,750
Hornbrook · near
33,750 median HH income
13.5% of the leader · rank #5
Leary · near
33,750
Leary · near
33,750 median HH income
13.5% of the leader · rank #6
West Mountain · highest
250,001
West Mountain · 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 Lemon Grove 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: 418.
Lemon Grove ranks in the 4th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
4th
percentile, household income
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: Lemon Grove, FL
418 people live in Lemon Grove, Florida - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $33,750 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 29.0%. The median resident age is 41.5 years. Educational attainment runs 9.7% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 43.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Florida carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 103.4 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. 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). 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 Lemon Grove'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 comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Lemon Grove, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, local building permits, annual population history; 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 Lemon Grove?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 91.4%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for Lemon Grove?
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Wausau (414 residents, $35,750 income); Lake Hart (425 residents, $98,068 income); Harold (408 residents, $69,265 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Lake View, AR (418 residents); West Mountain, CT (418 residents); East Ellijay, GA (418 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.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 29.0% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
F
City profile score · Lemon Grove, FL
8/100
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.
Bachelor's+ share F
9.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
29.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$33,750
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Lemon Grove profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Bachelor's+ share: 6/100 (F) · 9.7%
Poverty rate: 1/100 (F) · 29.0%
Household income: 0/100 (F) · $33,750
How does Lemon Grove compare to other US cities?
Here's how Lemon Grove stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income4% higher 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 Lemon Grove 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 Lemon Grove near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Lemon Grove ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Lemon Grove only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#882 of 903
2nd percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#41 of 930
95th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#831 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
4th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$33,750Lemon Grove, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Lemon Grove, 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 Lemon Grove, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)9.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)29.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)43.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
418
Median Income
$33,750
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
41.5
Poverty Rate
29.0%
Labor force participation
43.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
9.7%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
91.4%
Carpool
8.6%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 139 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 Lemon Grove. 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 Lemon Grove 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 Lemon Grove sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Lemon Grove 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.