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SheetFL-TIERRA-VERDE-FL · Tierra Verde, FL 4,051 pop · income 94th 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 Tierra Verde
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Tierra Verde on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Candelaria Ar… · lowest
21,448
Candelaria Ar… · lowest
21,448 median HH income
14.4% of the leader · rank #1
Wellsboro · near
148,750
Wellsboro · near
148,750 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #2
DISH · near
148,750
DISH · near
148,750 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #3
North Prairie · near
148,780
North Prairie · near
148,780 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #4
Tierra Verde · this city
148,785
Tierra Verde · this city
148,785 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
Fairview · near
148,801
Fairview · near
148,801 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
Hampden-Sydney · highest
148,846
Hampden-Sydney · highest
148,846 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 Tierra Verde 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: 4,051.
Tierra Verde ranks in the 94th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
94th
percentile, household income
94th
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: Tierra Verde, FL
Tierra Verde is a small town in Florida, home to 4,051 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Tierra Verde report a median income of $148,785 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.7%. Tierra Verde's housing stock carries a median value of $767,900, and the median resident age is 58.4 years. 60.4% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 51.9% 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. 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 Tierra Verde'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 housing and income to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Tierra Verde, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, local building permits, 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 Tierra Verde?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 60.2%. 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. 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Tierra Verde?
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.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 0.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Tierra Verde?
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 Mary Esther (4,034 residents, $76,510 income); Mulberry (4,070 residents, $54,035 income); North Brooksville (4,082 residents, $64,679 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Holloman AFB, NM (4,052 residents); Chester, NY (4,052 residents); Lathrup, MI (4,049 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.
Top-decile income · poverty 0.7% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
B+
City profile score · Tierra Verde, FL
77/100
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 A+
$148,785
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate A+
0.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share A+
60.4%
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).
Tierra Verde profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 96/100 (A+) · $148,785
Poverty rate: 95/100 (A+) · 0.7%
Bachelor's+ share: 92/100 (A+) · 60.4%
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
How does Tierra Verde compare to other US cities?
Tierra Verde measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income94% higher than other cities
Home value94% 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 Tierra Verde 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 Tierra Verde near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Tierra Verde ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Tierra Verde only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#25 of 903
97th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#44 of 894
95th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#847 of 930
9th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#51 of 930
94th 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
94th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Tierra Verde's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$767,9006th percentilemore affordable than 6% 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
Tierra Verde's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,141 of 15,516
More affordable than 15% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,900 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 5.2×, Tierra Verde sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,141 of 15,516 and #9,900 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
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
$148,785Tierra Verde, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Tierra Verde, 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 Tierra Verde, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)60.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)51.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
4,051
Median Income
$148,785
Median Home Value
$767,900
Median Age
58.4
Poverty Rate
0.7%
Labor force participation
51.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
60.4%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
60.2%
Carpool
1.1%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
1.0%
Work from Home
37.2%
Based on 1,683 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 Tierra Verde. 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 Tierra Verde 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 Tierra Verde sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Tierra Verde 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.