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SheetFL-SOUTHCHASE-FL · Southchase, FL 14,149 pop · income 67th 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 Southchase
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Southchase on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
McFarland · lowest
51,801
McFarland · lowest
51,801 median HH income
45.5% of the leader · rank #1
Honokaa · near
85,556
Honokaa · near
85,556 median HH income
75.2% of the leader · rank #2
Hyrum · near
85,557
Hyrum · near
85,557 median HH income
75.2% of the leader · rank #3
Wing · near
85,568
Wing · near
85,568 median HH income
75.2% of the leader · rank #4
Southchase · this city
85,573
Southchase · this city
85,573 median HH income
75.2% of the leader · rank #5
Weston · near
85,588
Weston · near
85,588 median HH income
75.2% of the leader · rank #6
Braselton · highest
113,810
Braselton · highest
113,810 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 Southchase 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: 14,149.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Southchase lands in the 67th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
67th
percentile, household income
71st
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: Southchase, FL
Florida's Southchase is a small town, with 14,149 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in Southchase report a median income of $85,573 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 9.6%. Southchase's housing stock carries a median value of $344,900, and the median resident age is 41.6 years. 30.6% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 62.7% 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. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,526 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Florida run around $225, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Commute times here average 26.4 minutes, with 78.1% driving alone and 9.1% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. 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 Southchase'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 comparison shortlist to work and mobility to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Southchase, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Southchase?
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Lakewood Park (14,077 residents, $64,848 income); Destin (14,018 residents, $89,141 income); East Milton (14,280 residents, $61,922 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Chicago Ridge, IL (14,147 residents); St. Helens, OR (14,152 residents); Circleville, OH (14,144 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Southchase?
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 78.1%. The reported mean trip to work is 26.4 minutes.
How far does income reach against housing in Southchase?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 9.6%, 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.
Above median income · poverty 9.6% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
D
City profile score · Southchase, FL
48/100
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-
$85,573
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share C
30.6%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate D
9.6%
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).
Southchase profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 65/100 (B-) · $85,573
Bachelor's+ share: 59/100 (C) · 30.6%
Poverty rate: 41/100 (D) · 9.6%
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
How does Southchase compare to other US cities?
Where Southchase sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income67% higher than other cities
Home value71% 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 Southchase 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 Southchase near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Southchase ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Southchase only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#266 of 903
71st percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#335 of 894
62nd percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#374 of 930
59th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#415 of 930
55th 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
67th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Southchase's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$344,90029th percentilemore affordable than 29% 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
Southchase's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#10,794 of 15,516
More affordable than 30% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,011 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 4.0×, Southchase sits in the moderate band:
national rank #10,794 of 15,516 and #2,011 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
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
$85,573Southchase, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Southchase, 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 Southchase, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)30.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)9.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)62.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
14,149
Median Income
$85,573
Median Home Value
$344,900
Median Age
41.6
Poverty Rate
9.6%
Labor force participation
62.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
30.6%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
26.4 minutes
Drive Alone
78.1%
Carpool
11.3%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.4%
Work from Home
9.1%
Other
1.1%
Based on 7,361 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 Southchase. 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 Southchase 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 Southchase sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Southchase 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.