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SheetFL-LIGHTHOUSE-POINT-FL · Lighthouse Point, FL 10,463 pop · income 73rd 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 Lighthouse Point
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Lighthouse Point on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Palatka · lowest
33,628
Palatka · lowest
33,628 median HH income
27.6% of the leader · rank #1
New Columbia · near
92,250
New Columbia · near
92,250 median HH income
75.8% of the leader · rank #2
Hanover Park · near
92,263
Hanover Park · near
92,263 median HH income
75.8% of the leader · rank #3
Lighthouse Po… · this city
92,268
Lighthouse Po… · this city
92,268 median HH income
75.8% of the leader · rank #4
Fiskdale · near
92,273
Fiskdale · near
92,273 median HH income
75.8% of the leader · rank #5
Lebanon · near
92,288
Lebanon · near
92,288 median HH income
75.8% of the leader · rank #6
La Plata · highest
121,707
La Plata · highest
121,707 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, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Lighthouse Point on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. 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: 10,463.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Lighthouse Point - the verdict
Nationally, Lighthouse Point sits in the 73rd percentile for household income and the 48th percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
73rd
percentile, household income
92nd
percentile, home value
73rd
percentile, median rent
48th
percentile, safety
📝 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: Lighthouse Point, FL
10,463 people live in Lighthouse Point, Florida - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Lighthouse Point brings in $92,268 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 2.8%. Home values in Lighthouse Point run a median of $667,000, and the median resident age is 56.1 years. Educational attainment runs 52.1% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 57.3% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 13 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Slowing), down 7% from five years earlier. Lighthouse Point reports a comparatively low crime rate: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 1426.9 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, below the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
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. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,526 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Florida run around $225, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Commute times here average 26.1 minutes, with 78.2% driving alone and 12.4% 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 Lighthouse Point'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 reported crime 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 Lighthouse Point, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Population change
Is Lighthouse Point 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 +285 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +2.7% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 13 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 Lighthouse Point?
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Milton (10,485 residents, $72,676 income); Pine Castle (10,429 residents, $46,154 income); Progress (10,378 residents, $85,814 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Chestnut Ridge, NY (10,464 residents); Somers Point, NJ (10,461 residents); Rifle, CO (10,466 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. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Lighthouse Point?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1426.9 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 37% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
How far does income reach against housing in Lighthouse Point?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 7.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.8%, 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. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
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 Lighthouse Point?
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 78.2%. The reported mean trip to work is 26.1 minutes.
Public transit
0.7%
Work from home
12.4%
Drive alone
78.2%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 5,223 workers age 16+.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
B-
City profile score · Lighthouse Point, FL
68/100
5 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 A
52.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime A-
48 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate A-
2.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income B
$92,268
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.
Lighthouse Point profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 86/100 (A) · 52.1%
Violent crime: 84/100 (A-) · 48 /100k
Poverty rate: 80/100 (A-) · 2.8%
Household income: 71/100 (B) · $92,268
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Where Lighthouse Point sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Lighthouse Point's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Lighthouse Point highlighted among 25 peers.Read the chart values
Lighthouse Point, FL (this city): home $667,000, crime 1,427/100k
Somers Point, NJ : home $277,500, crime 2,551/100k
Rifle, CO : home $377,900, crime 1,311/100k
La Plata, MD : home $405,200, crime 1,971/100k
Palatka, FL : home $112,300, crime 4,003/100k
New York, NY : home $751,700, crime 3,039/100k
Los Angeles, CA : home $879,500, crime 2,212/100k
Chicago, IL : home $315,200, crime 4,012/100k
Houston, TX : home $253,400, crime 5,442/100k
Phoenix, AZ : home $381,900, crime 3,125/100k
Philadelphia, PA : home $232,400, crime 5,457/100k
San Antonio, TX : home $219,700, crime 5,218/100k
San Diego, CA : home $848,500, crime 2,082/100k
Dallas, TX : home $295,300, crime 4,010/100k
San Jose, CA : home $1,187,800, crime 3,195/100k
Austin, TX : home $512,700, crime 3,709/100k
Fort Worth, TX : home $277,300, crime 3,158/100k
Columbus, OH : home $234,500, crime 3,088/100k
Indianapolis, IN : home $207,000, crime 4,214/100k
San Francisco, CA : home $1,380,500, crime 4,526/100k
Seattle, WA : home $912,100, crime 5,783/100k
Denver, CO : home $586,700, crime 5,755/100k
Oklahoma City, OK : home $215,100, crime 3,570/100k
El Paso, TX : home $171,700, crime 1,772/100k
Washington, DC : home $724,600, crime 4,514/100k
How does Lighthouse Point compare to other US cities?
Here's how Lighthouse Point stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income73% higher than other cities
Home value92% pricier than other cities
Median rent73% pricier than other cities
Safety48% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Florida, Lighthouse Point ranks #49 of 120 Florida cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Lighthouse Point 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 Lighthouse Point near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Lighthouse Point ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Lighthouse Point only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#207 of 903
77th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#63 of 894
93rd percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#770 of 930
17th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#116 of 930
88th 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
73rd percentile nationally for median household income · 48th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Lighthouse Point's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Lighthouse Point's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Lighthouse Point's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$667,0008th percentilemore affordable than 8% 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
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,783 of 15,516
More affordable than 5% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#3,147 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 7.2×, Lighthouse Point sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,783 of 15,516 and #3,147 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
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
$92,268Lighthouse Point, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Lighthouse Point, 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 Lighthouse Point, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)52.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)57.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
10,463
Median Income
$92,268
Median Home Value
$667,000
Median Age
56.1
Poverty Rate
2.8%
Labor force participation
57.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
52.1%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1426.9
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
47.6
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1379.4
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Lighthouse Point's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
10,471 residents
2021
10,401 residents
2022
10,532 residents
2023
10,713 residents
2024
10,762 residents
2025
10,756 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Slowing
Total Permits (2024)
13
housing units authorized
Single-Family
13
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
1.2
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
14
14
0
$7.1M
2020
18
16
2
$8.4M
2021
14
14
0
$7.8M
2022
20
8
12
$6.6M
2023
12
12
0
$12.7M
2024
13
13
0
$26.1M
Permit volume decreased 7% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
26.1 minutes
Drive Alone
78.2%
Carpool
4.2%
Public Transit
0.7%
Walk
2.4%
Work from Home
12.4%
Other
2.1%
Based on 5,223 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 Lighthouse Point. 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 Lighthouse Point 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 Lighthouse Point sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Lighthouse Point 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, FBI UCR, 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.