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Place dossier plate
SheetFL-MULBERRY-FL · Mulberry, FL 4,070 pop · income 26th 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 Mulberry
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Mulberry on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Woodville · lowest
43,542
Woodville · lowest
43,542 median HH income
29.3% of the leader · rank #1
Clovis · near
54,029
Clovis · near
54,029 median HH income
36.3% of the leader · rank #2
Jet · near
54,033
Jet · near
54,033 median HH income
36.3% of the leader · rank #3
Mulberry · this city
54,035
Mulberry · this city
54,035 median HH income
36.3% of the leader · rank #4
Allenhurst · near
54,038
Allenhurst · near
54,038 median HH income
36.3% of the leader · rank #5
Tye · near
54,038
Tye · near
54,038 median HH income
36.3% of the leader · rank #6
Tierra Verde · highest
148,785
Tierra Verde · highest
148,785 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 Mulberry 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: 4,070.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Mulberry lands in the 26th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
26th
percentile, household income
3rd
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: Mulberry, FL
4,070 people live in Mulberry, Florida - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $54,035 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 12.3%. Home values in Mulberry run a median of $75,600, and the median resident age is 57.1 years. About 18.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 45.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 49 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Rapid Growth), up 40% from five years earlier.
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. 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 Mulberry'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 schools and households 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 Mulberry, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count, local building permits, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Is Mulberry growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +612 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +15.5% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 49 housing units authorized in 2024. 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Mulberry?
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 North Brooksville (4,082 residents, $64,679 income); Tierra Verde (4,051 residents, $148,785 income); Mary Esther (4,034 residents, $76,510 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Sparta, IL (4,070 residents); Leisure Village West, NJ (4,070 residents); Gentry, AR (4,069 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.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 4 public schools within the city match. 18.1% 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Mulberry?
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 1.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 12.3%, 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.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Mulberry?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 74.4%. 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. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Drive alone
74.4%
Work from home
23.8%
Public transit
0.0%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 1,531 workers age 16+.
Below median income · poverty 12.3% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
F
City profile score · Mulberry, FL
28/100
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.
Poverty rate F
12.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
18.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$54,035
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.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Mulberry profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 31/100 (F) · 12.3%
Bachelor's+ share: 29/100 (F) · 18.1%
Household income: 26/100 (F) · $54,035
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
How does Mulberry compare to other US cities?
Where Mulberry sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income26% higher than other cities
Home value3% 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 Mulberry 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 Mulberry near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Mulberry ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Mulberry only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#682 of 903
24th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#880 of 894
2nd percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#275 of 930
70th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#650 of 930
30th 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
26th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Mulberry's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$75,600Among the most affordablemore affordable than 97% 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
Mulberry's home-value-to-income ratio: 1.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#267 of 15,516
More affordable than 98% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#263 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 1.4×, Mulberry sits in the affordable band:
national rank #267 of 15,516 and #263 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
$54,035Mulberry, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Mulberry, 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 Mulberry, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)18.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)12.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)45.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
4,070
Median Income
$54,035
Median Home Value
$75,600
Median Age
57.1
Poverty Rate
12.3%
Labor force participation
45.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
18.1%
Schools
Total Schools
4
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Mulberry's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
3,961 residents
2021
3,997 residents
2022
4,121 residents
2023
4,376 residents
2024
4,473 residents
2025
4,573 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Rapid Growth
Total Permits (2024)
49
housing units authorized
Single-Family
49
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
12
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
35
35
0
$9.6M
2020
5
5
0
$1.4M
2021
46
46
0
$16.2M
2022
106
82
24
$33.5M
2023
53
51
2
$20.3M
2024
49
49
0
$19.4M
Permit volume increased 40% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
74.4%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
1.8%
Work from Home
23.8%
Based on 1,531 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 Mulberry. 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 Mulberry 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 Mulberry sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Mulberry 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 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.