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Place dossier plate
SheetFL-PIONEER-FL · Pioneer, FL 612 pop · income 81st 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 Pioneer
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Pioneer on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
West City · lowest
48,672
West City · lowest
48,672 median HH income
19.5% of the leader · rank #1
Beattystown · near
105,179
Beattystown · near
105,179 median HH income
42.1% of the leader · rank #2
St. Regis Park · near
105,183
St. Regis Park · near
105,183 median HH income
42.1% of the leader · rank #3
Pioneer · this city
105,214
Pioneer · this city
105,214 median HH income
42.1% of the leader · rank #4
Perrysburg · near
105,226
Perrysburg · near
105,226 median HH income
42.1% of the leader · rank #5
Bolton Landing · near
105,250
Bolton Landing · near
105,250 median HH income
42.1% of the leader · rank #6
Golden Beach · highest
250,001
Golden Beach · highest
250,001 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 Pioneer 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: 612.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Pioneer lands in the 81st percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
81st
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: Pioneer, FL
Pioneer is a small town in Florida, home to 612 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Pioneer report a median income of $105,214 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 14.6%. The median resident age is 56.1 years. 11.5% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 54.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Florida carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 103.4 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,526 per month statewide. Monthly utility costs average around $225 across Florida, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. 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 Pioneer'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 Pioneer, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles; 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 Pioneer?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 73.5%. 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 Pioneer?
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 Golden Beach (614 residents, $250,000+ income); Glen St. Mary (616 residents, $51,691 income); Hastings (608 residents). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Wainwright, AK (612 residents); Potomac, IL (612 residents); St. Libory, IL (612 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-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
F
City profile score · Pioneer, FL
39/100
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.
Household income B+
$105,214
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.
Poverty rate F
14.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
11.5%
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).
Pioneer profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 79/100 (B+) · $105,214
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Poverty rate: 23/100 (F) · 14.6%
Bachelor's+ share: 11/100 (F) · 11.5%
How does Pioneer compare to other US cities?
Here's how Pioneer stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income81% 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 Pioneer 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 Pioneer near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Pioneer ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Pioneer only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#128 of 903
86th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#212 of 930
77th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#802 of 930
13th 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
81st percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$105,214Pioneer, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Pioneer, 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 Pioneer, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)11.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)14.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)54.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
612
Median Income
$105,214
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
56.1
Poverty Rate
14.6%
Labor force participation
54.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
11.5%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
73.5%
Carpool
11.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Other
15.5%
Based on 291 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 Pioneer. 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 Pioneer 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 Pioneer sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Pioneer 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.