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Place dossier plate
SheetFL-PRETTY-BAYOU-FL · Pretty Bayou, FL 2,405 pop · income 65th 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 Pretty Bayou
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Pretty Bayou on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Dunnellon · lowest
40,707
Dunnellon · lowest
40,707 median HH income
44.0% of the leader · rank #1
Pretty Bayou · this city
83,250
Pretty Bayou · this city
83,250 median HH income
90.1% of the leader · rank #2
Anaktuvuk Pass · near
83,250
Anaktuvuk Pass · near
83,250 median HH income
90.1% of the leader · rank #3
Burlington · near
83,250
Burlington · near
83,250 median HH income
90.1% of the leader · rank #4
New Providence · near
83,250
New Providence · near
83,250 median HH income
90.1% of the leader · rank #5
Elk Point · near
83,250
Elk Point · near
83,250 median HH income
90.1% of the leader · rank #6
Easton · highest
92,446
Easton · highest
92,446 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 Pretty Bayou 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: 2,405.
Nationally, Pretty Bayou sits in the 65th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
65th
percentile, household income
61st
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: Pretty Bayou, FL
Florida's Pretty Bayou is a small town, with 2,405 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Pretty Bayou brings in $83,250 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. Typical homes in Pretty Bayou are valued around $279,300, and the median resident age is 52.1 years. Educational attainment runs 46.6% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 48.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
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. 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 Pretty Bayou'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 to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Pretty Bayou, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Pretty Bayou?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 87.8%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for Pretty Bayou?
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Belleair Bluffs (2,394 residents, $55,688 income); Dunnellon (2,434 residents, $40,707 income); Lake Placid (2,438 residents, $45,476 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Cordova, AK (2,405 residents); Holiday Island, AR (2,405 residents); Easton, CA (2,406 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.
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.
How far does income reach against housing in Pretty Bayou?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 0.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
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.
Above median income · poverty 0.0% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
B-
City profile score · Pretty Bayou, FL
66/100
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 A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share A-
46.6%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income C+
$83,250
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).
Pretty Bayou profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Bachelor's+ share: 81/100 (A-) · 46.6%
Household income: 63/100 (C+) · $83,250
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
How does Pretty Bayou compare to other US cities?
Where Pretty Bayou sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income65% higher than other cities
Home value61% 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 Pretty Bayou 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 Pretty Bayou near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Pretty Bayou ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Pretty Bayou only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#284 of 903
69th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#491 of 894
45th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#855 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#174 of 930
81st 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
65th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Pretty Bayou's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$279,30039th percentilemore affordable than 39% 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
Pretty Bayou's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#8,357 of 15,516
More affordable than 46% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#6,810 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.4×, Pretty Bayou sits in the moderate band:
national rank #8,357 of 15,516 and #6,810 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
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
$83,250Pretty Bayou, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Pretty Bayou, 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 Pretty Bayou, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)46.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)48.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,405
Median Income
$83,250
Median Home Value
$279,300
Median Age
52.1
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
48.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
46.6%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
87.8%
Carpool
3.3%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
8.6%
Based on 992 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 Pretty Bayou. 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 Pretty Bayou 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 Pretty Bayou sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Pretty Bayou 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.