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Place dossier plate
SheetFL-RALEIGH-FL · Raleigh, FL 699 pop · income 47th 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 Raleigh
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Raleigh on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Jay · lowest
36,964
Jay · lowest
36,964 median HH income
24.7% of the leader · rank #1
Waterville · near
67,721
Waterville · near
67,721 median HH income
45.2% of the leader · rank #2
Woodlawn · near
67,723
Woodlawn · near
67,723 median HH income
45.2% of the leader · rank #3
Raleigh · this city
67,725
Raleigh · this city
67,725 median HH income
45.2% of the leader · rank #4
Cementon · near
67,731
Cementon · near
67,731 median HH income
45.2% of the leader · rank #5
Boston · near
67,734
Boston · near
67,734 median HH income
45.2% of the leader · rank #6
Chaires · highest
149,750
Chaires · highest
149,750 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 Raleigh 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: 699.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Raleigh places in the 47th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
47th
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: Raleigh, FL
Raleigh is a small town in Florida, home to 699 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Raleigh brings in $67,725 a year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 14.9%. The median resident age is 50.2 years. 25.1% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 32.8% 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 Raleigh'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 Raleigh, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, 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 Raleigh?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 79.7%. 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Raleigh?
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 Jay (706 residents, $36,964 income); Greensboro (684 residents, $45,765 income); White Springs (717 residents, $40,972 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are North Lynbrook, NY (699 residents); North Topsail Beach, NC (699 residents); Lake Winola, PA (699 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.
Below median income · poverty 14.9% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
F
City profile score · Raleigh, FL
36/100
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 D
25.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income D
$67,725
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
14.9%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Raleigh profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 49/100 (D) · 25.1%
Household income: 46/100 (D) · $67,725
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Poverty rate: 23/100 (F) · 14.9%
How does Raleigh compare to other US cities?
Where Raleigh sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income47% 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 Raleigh 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 Raleigh near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Raleigh ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Raleigh only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#463 of 903
49th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#205 of 930
78th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#512 of 930
45th 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
47th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$67,725Raleigh, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Raleigh, 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 Raleigh, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)25.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)14.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)32.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
699
Median Income
$67,725
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
50.2
Poverty Rate
14.9%
Labor force participation
32.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
25.1%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
79.7%
Carpool
6.4%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
14.0%
Based on 172 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 Raleigh. 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 Raleigh 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 Raleigh sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Raleigh 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.