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SheetFL-SCOTTSMOOR-FL · Scottsmoor, FL 791 pop · income 28th 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 Scottsmoor
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Scottsmoor on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Lee · lowest
43,688
Lee · lowest
43,688 median HH income
49.7% of the leader · rank #1
Havana · near
55,428
Havana · near
55,428 median HH income
63.0% of the leader · rank #2
Attalla · near
55,429
Attalla · near
55,429 median HH income
63.0% of the leader · rank #3
Johnson City · near
55,429
Johnson City · near
55,429 median HH income
63.0% of the leader · rank #4
Scottsmoor · this city
55,433
Scottsmoor · this city
55,433 median HH income
63.1% of the leader · rank #5
Goshen · near
55,436
Goshen · near
55,436 median HH income
63.1% of the leader · rank #6
Cedarville · highest
87,917
Cedarville · highest
87,917 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 Scottsmoor 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: 791.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Scottsmoor places in the 28th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
28th
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: Scottsmoor, FL
Florida's Scottsmoor is a small town, with 791 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in Scottsmoor report a median income of $55,433 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 23.9%. Scottsmoor's housing stock carries a median value of $275,400, and the median resident age is 50.7 years. Educational attainment runs 13.9% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 45.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
NOAA puts Scottsmoor's yearly average temperature at 71.4°F with 55.6 inches of precipitation per year.
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). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,526 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Florida's average monthly utility costs around $225 (state average). 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 Scottsmoor'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 climate and hazard context to 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 Scottsmoor, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, annual population history, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What physical conditions frame life in Scottsmoor?
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 71.4°F, with 55.6 inches of precipitation. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Florida is 75.7 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
What does the journey to work look like in Scottsmoor?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 79.2%. 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 Scottsmoor?
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Coleman (796 residents, $51,389 income); Lake Kathryn (797 residents, $51,223 income); Bradenton Beach (777 residents, $72,891 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Johnson Park, CA (791 residents); Livingston, IL (791 residents); Cedarville, MD (791 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 Scottsmoor?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 23.9%, 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. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
Below median income · poverty 23.9% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
F
City profile score · Scottsmoor, FL
20/100
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 F
$55,433
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.
Bachelor's+ share F
13.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
23.9%
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).
Scottsmoor profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 28/100 (F) · $55,433
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Bachelor's+ share: 17/100 (F) · 13.9%
Poverty rate: 7/100 (F) · 23.9%
How does Scottsmoor compare to other US cities?
Scottsmoor measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income28% 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 Scottsmoor 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 Scottsmoor near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Scottsmoor ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Scottsmoor only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#662 of 903
27th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#500 of 894
44th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#75 of 930
92nd percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#751 of 930
19th 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
28th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Scottsmoor's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$275,40039th 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
Scottsmoor's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#12,829 of 15,516
More affordable than 17% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,718 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 5.0×, Scottsmoor sits in the moderate band:
national rank #12,829 of 15,516 and #9,718 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
$55,433Scottsmoor, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Scottsmoor, 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 Scottsmoor, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)13.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)23.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)45.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
791
Median Income
$55,433
Median Home Value
$275,400
Median Age
50.7
Poverty Rate
23.9%
Labor force participation
45.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
13.9%
Climate
Avg Temperature
71.4°F
Annual Precipitation
55.6"
Annual Snowfall
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
79.2%
Carpool
12.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
8.8%
Based on 342 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 Scottsmoor. 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 Scottsmoor 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 Scottsmoor sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Scottsmoor 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, NOAA Climate Normals, 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.