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Place dossier plate
SheetFL-PATRICK-AFB-FL · Patrick AFB, FL 1,606 pop · income 64th 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 Patrick AFB
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Patrick AFB on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Logansport · lowest
29,875
Logansport · lowest
29,875 median HH income
20.4% of the leader · rank #1
Loma Linda · near
82,824
Loma Linda · near
82,824 median HH income
56.6% of the leader · rank #2
Patrick AFB · this city
82,829
Patrick AFB · this city
82,829 median HH income
56.6% of the leader · rank #3
East Merrimack · near
82,829
East Merrimack · near
82,829 median HH income
56.6% of the leader · rank #4
Glens Falls N… · near
82,835
Glens Falls N… · near
82,835 median HH income
56.6% of the leader · rank #5
Draper · near
82,835
Draper · near
82,835 median HH income
56.6% of the leader · rank #6
North Key Lar… · highest
146,389
North Key Lar… · highest
146,389 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 Patrick AFB 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: 1,606.
Nationally, Patrick AFB sits in the 64th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
64th
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: Patrick AFB, FL
Patrick AFB is a small town in Florida, home to 1,606 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $82,829 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 12.0%. The median resident age is 25.9 years. Educational attainment runs 47.8% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 42.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Florida carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Florida at 103.4 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Above Average). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,526 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $225 across Florida, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. 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 Patrick AFB'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 Patrick AFB, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, annual population history, local building permits; 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 Patrick AFB?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 76.3%. 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Patrick AFB?
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 Limestone Creek (1,606 residents, $88,956 income); Molino (1,607 residents, $89,326 income); Hawthorne (1,603 residents, $53,143 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Logansport, LA (1,606 residents); Clark Mills, NY (1,606 residents); Greenwich, NY (1,606 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.
Above median income · poverty 12.0% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
D
City profile score · Patrick AFB, FL
49/100
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.
Bachelor's+ share A-
47.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income C+
$82,829
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
12.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
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).
Patrick AFB profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 82/100 (A-) · 47.8%
Household income: 62/100 (C+) · $82,829
Poverty rate: 32/100 (F) · 12.0%
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
How does Patrick AFB compare to other US cities?
Patrick AFB measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income64% 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 Patrick AFB 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 Patrick AFB near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Patrick AFB ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Patrick AFB only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#288 of 903
68th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#282 of 930
70th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#168 of 930
82nd 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
64th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$82,829Patrick AFB, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Patrick AFB, 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 Patrick AFB, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)47.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)12.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)42.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,606
Median Income
$82,829
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
25.9
Poverty Rate
12.0%
Labor force participation
42.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
47.8%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
76.3%
Carpool
4.1%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
4.1%
Work from Home
8.6%
Other
6.9%
Based on 778 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 Patrick AFB. 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 Patrick AFB 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 Patrick AFB sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Patrick AFB 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.