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Place dossier plate
SheetFL-SPRING-LAKE-FL · Spring Lake, FL 274 pop · income 72nd 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 Spring Lake
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Spring Lake on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Repton · lowest
41,154
Repton · lowest
41,154 median HH income
24.8% of the leader · rank #1
Osino · near
91,052
Osino · near
91,052 median HH income
54.9% of the leader · rank #2
Caledonia · near
91,053
Caledonia · near
91,053 median HH income
54.9% of the leader · rank #3
Spring Lake · this city
91,058
Spring Lake · this city
91,058 median HH income
54.9% of the leader · rank #4
Seneca · near
91,065
Seneca · near
91,065 median HH income
54.9% of the leader · rank #5
East Avon · near
91,071
East Avon · near
91,071 median HH income
54.9% of the leader · rank #6
Mount Carmel · highest
165,865
Mount Carmel · highest
165,865 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 Spring Lake 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: 274.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Spring Lake places in the 72nd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
72nd
percentile, household income
79th
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: Spring Lake, FL
274 people live in Spring Lake, Florida - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Spring Lake households earn a median of $91,058 annually, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. Typical homes in Spring Lake are valued around $425,000, and the median resident age is 68.5 years. 32.3% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 27.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
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). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,526 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Florida run around $225, per EIA 2023 residential energy 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 Spring Lake'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 housing and income to 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 Spring Lake, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Spring Lake?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.7 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. 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Spring Lake?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Working from home is the largest reported mode at 38.5%. 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 Spring Lake?
Within Florida, the closest population matches are St. Marks (273 residents, $57,083 income); Westville (277 residents, $68,056 income); Mount Carmel (270 residents, $165,865 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Repton, AL (274 residents); Lodoga, CA (274 residents); Louviers, CO (274 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.
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 · Spring Lake, FL
65/100
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.
Household income B
$91,058
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share C+
32.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; 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).
Spring Lake profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Household income: 70/100 (B) · $91,058
Bachelor's+ share: 62/100 (C+) · 32.3%
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
How does Spring Lake compare to other US cities?
Spring Lake measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income72% higher than other cities
Home value79% 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 Spring Lake 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 Spring Lake near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Spring Lake ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Spring Lake only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#214 of 903
76th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#207 of 894
77th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#855 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#378 of 930
59th 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
72nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Spring Lake's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$425,00021st percentilemore affordable than 21% 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
Spring Lake's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#12,315 of 15,516
More affordable than 21% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,388 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.7×, Spring Lake sits in the moderate band:
national rank #12,315 of 15,516 and #9,388 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
$91,058Spring Lake, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Spring Lake, 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 Spring Lake, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)32.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)27.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
274
Median Income
$91,058
Median Home Value
$425,000
Median Age
68.5
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
27.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
32.3%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
32.3%
Carpool
29.2%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
38.5%
Based on 65 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 Spring Lake. 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 Spring Lake 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 Spring Lake sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Spring Lake 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.