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Place dossier plate
SheetFL-MALONE-FL · Malone, FL 2,275 pop · income 9th 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 Malone
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Malone on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Mountain City · lowest
36,902
Mountain City · lowest
36,902 median HH income
34.2% of the leader · rank #1
Malone · this city
41,875
Malone · this city
41,875 median HH income
38.8% of the leader · rank #2
Ashland · near
41,875
Ashland · near
41,875 median HH income
38.8% of the leader · rank #3
South Taft · near
41,875
South Taft · near
41,875 median HH income
38.8% of the leader · rank #4
Minidoka · near
41,875
Minidoka · near
41,875 median HH income
38.8% of the leader · rank #5
Milton · near
41,875
Milton · near
41,875 median HH income
38.8% of the leader · rank #6
Bethlehem · highest
107,838
Bethlehem · highest
107,838 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 Malone 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: 2,275.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Malone places in the 9th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
9th
percentile, household income
2nd
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: Malone, FL
Malone is a small town in Florida, home to 2,275 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Malone report a median income of $41,875 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 15.5%. Malone's housing stock carries a median value of $73,600, and the median resident age is 40.4 years. Educational attainment runs 4.0% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 18.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 1 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
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. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Florida run around $225, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. 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 Malone'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 schools and households to comparison shortlist to housing and income to work and mobility to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Malone, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, annual population history, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Malone?
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.
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 4.0% 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Malone?
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.
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Howey-in-the-Hills (2,279 residents, $93,403 income); Mangonia Park (2,270 residents, $52,900 income); Bowling Green (2,283 residents, $45,101 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Bethlehem, CT (2,275 residents); Harrison, MI (2,275 residents); English Creek, NJ (2,275 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Malone?
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.
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 1.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 15.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Malone?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 86.0%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
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.
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.
Population change
Is Malone growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +42 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +2.3% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
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.
2020 estimate
1,823
2025 estimate
1,865
Period change
+2.3%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 15.5% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
F
City profile score · Malone, FL
15/100
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.
Poverty rate F
15.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$41,875
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
4.0%
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).
Malone profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Poverty rate: 22/100 (F) · 15.5%
Household income: 9/100 (F) · $41,875
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 4.0%
How does Malone compare to other US cities?
Where Malone sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income9% higher than other cities
Home value2% 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 Malone 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 Malone near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Malone ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Malone only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#832 of 903
8th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#881 of 894
1st percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#196 of 930
79th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#906 of 930
3rd 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
9th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Malone's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$73,600Among the most affordablemore affordable than 98% 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
Malone's home-value-to-income ratio: 1.8×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#894 of 15,516
More affordable than 94% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#867 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 1.8×, Malone sits in the affordable band:
national rank #894 of 15,516 and #867 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
$41,875Malone, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Malone, 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 Malone, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)4.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)15.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)18.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,275
Median Income
$41,875
Median Home Value
$73,600
Median Age
40.4
Poverty Rate
15.5%
Labor force participation
18.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
4.0%
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
Malone's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
1,823 residents
2021
1,112 residents
2022
1,461 residents
2023
1,437 residents
2024
1,649 residents
2025
1,865 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
86.0%
Carpool
1.4%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.6%
Work from Home
12.1%
Based on 356 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 Malone. 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 Malone 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 Malone sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Malone 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, NCES CCD, 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.