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SheetFL-MAYO-FL · Mayo, FL 1,172 pop · income 14th pct · 3 tracts
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 Mayo
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Mayo on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
City View · lowest
37,625
City View · lowest
37,625 median HH income
20.7% of the leader · rank #1
Mayo · this city
45,833
Mayo · this city
45,833 median HH income
25.2% of the leader · rank #2
Westley · near
45,833
Westley · near
45,833 median HH income
25.2% of the leader · rank #3
Matthews · near
45,833
Matthews · near
45,833 median HH income
25.2% of the leader · rank #4
Marydel · near
45,833
Marydel · near
45,833 median HH income
25.2% of the leader · rank #5
Twin Lakes · near
45,833
Twin Lakes · near
45,833 median HH income
25.2% of the leader · rank #6
Gotha · highest
181,645
Gotha · highest
181,645 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 Mayo 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: 1,172.
Nationally, Mayo sits in the 14th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
14th
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: Mayo, FL
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 1,172 residents in Mayo, a small town within Florida. Households in Mayo report a median income of $45,833 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 14.5%. Home values in Mayo run a median of $116,100, and the median resident age is 32.6 years. 9.3% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 43.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
NOAA climate normals record an annual average temperature of 69.2°F with 55.6 inches of precipitation per year.
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. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,526 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $225 across Florida, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. 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 Mayo'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 within-city variation to comparison shortlist to housing and income to schools and households to population change to climate and hazard context; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Mayo, city-specific coverage includes within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Mayo?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 81.7%. 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. 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.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
Which cities make useful reference points for Mayo?
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 Gotha (1,179 residents, $181,645 income); Seville (1,165 residents, $140,222 income); Five Points (1,160 residents, $54,808 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Oskaloosa, KS (1,172 residents); Damariscotta, ME (1,172 residents); City View, SC (1,172 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 Mayo?
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.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 14.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
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.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Mayo?
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 2 public schools within the city match. 9.3% 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.
Poverty estimate
14.5%
Bachelor's degree+
9.3%
Matched public schools
2
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +81 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +7.8% 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
1,038
2025 estimate
1,119
Period change
+7.8%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
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.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 69.2°F, with 55.6 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.
FEMA risk index (state avg)
75.7
Annual precipitation
55.6 in
Mean temperature
69.2°F
NOAA Climate Normals and FEMA National Risk Index (state-averaged on PlainCities). Hazard context is not address-level.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
F
City profile score · Mayo, 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.
Poverty rate F
14.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$45,833
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
9.3%
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).
Mayo profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Poverty rate: 24/100 (F) · 14.5%
Household income: 15/100 (F) · $45,833
Bachelor's+ share: 5/100 (F) · 9.3%
How does Mayo compare to other US cities?
Where Mayo sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income14% 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 Mayo 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 Mayo near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Mayo ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Mayo only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#794 of 903
12th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#827 of 894
7th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#215 of 930
77th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#836 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
14th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Mayo's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$116,100Among 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
Mayo's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#4,170 of 15,516
More affordable than 73% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#3,747 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.5×, Mayo sits in the affordable band:
national rank #4,170 of 15,516 and #3,747 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
$45,833Mayo, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Mayo, 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 Mayo, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)9.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)14.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)43.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,172
Median Income
$45,833
Median Home Value
$116,100
Median Age
32.6
Poverty Rate
14.5%
Labor force participation
43.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
9.3%
Climate
Avg Temperature
69.2°F
Annual Precipitation
55.6"
Annual Snowfall
0.0"
Schools
Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Mayo's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
1,038 residents
2021
1,052 residents
2022
1,055 residents
2023
1,097 residents
2024
1,111 residents
2025
1,119 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
81.7%
Carpool
10.8%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.7%
Other
6.8%
Based on 436 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 Mayo. 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 Mayo 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 Mayo sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Mayo 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 ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.