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SheetFL-WHITFIELD-CDP-MANATEE-COUNTY-FL · Whitfield CDP (Manatee County), FL 4,745 pop · income 79th 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 Whitfield CDP (Manatee County)
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Whitfield CDP (Manatee County) on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Combee Settle… · lowest
41,366
Combee Settle… · lowest
41,366 median HH income
34.0% of the leader · rank #1
Parsippany · near
102,152
Parsippany · near
102,152 median HH income
84.1% of the leader · rank #2
Whitmore · near
102,155
Whitmore · near
102,155 median HH income
84.1% of the leader · rank #3
Whitfield CDP… · this city
102,200
Whitfield CDP… · this city
102,200 median HH income
84.1% of the leader · rank #4
Sandy · near
102,201
Sandy · near
102,201 median HH income
84.1% of the leader · rank #5
Napa · near
102,231
Napa · near
102,231 median HH income
84.1% of the leader · rank #6
Sawgrass · highest
121,519
Sawgrass · highest
121,519 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 Whitfield CDP (Manatee County) 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: 4,745.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Whitfield CDP (Manatee County) places in the 79th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
79th
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: Whitfield CDP (Manatee County), FL
Florida's Whitfield CDP (Manatee County) is a small town, with 4,745 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Whitfield CDP (Manatee County) brings in $102,200 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 8.4%. Home values in Whitfield CDP (Manatee County) run a median of $415,200, and the median resident age is 40.2 years. Educational attainment runs 41.0% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 59.9% 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. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Florida's average monthly utility costs around $225 (state average). 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 Whitfield CDP (Manatee County)'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 Whitfield CDP (Manatee County), city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Whitfield CDP (Manatee County)?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 72.3%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
How far does income reach against housing in Whitfield CDP (Manatee County)?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 8.4%, 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Whitfield CDP (Manatee County)?
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Nassau Village-Ratliff (4,749 residents, $55,613 income); Combee Settlement (4,756 residents, $41,366 income); Sawgrass (4,734 residents, $121,519 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Sugarcreek, PA (4,745 residents); Watertown, MN (4,747 residents); Piedmont, AL (4,749 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-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
C
City profile score · Whitfield CDP (Manatee County), FL
56/100
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+
$102,200
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share B+
41.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate D
8.4%
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).
How does Whitfield CDP (Manatee County) compare to other US cities?
Where Whitfield CDP (Manatee County) sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income79% 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 Whitfield CDP (Manatee County) 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 Whitfield CDP (Manatee County) near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Whitfield CDP (Manatee County) ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Whitfield CDP (Manatee County) only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#143 of 903
84th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#217 of 894
76th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#436 of 930
53rd percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#232 of 930
75th 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
79th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Whitfield CDP (Manatee County)'s home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$415,20021st 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
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#10,882 of 15,516
More affordable than 30% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,478 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.1×, Whitfield CDP (Manatee County) sits in the moderate band:
national rank #10,882 of 15,516 and #8,478 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
$102,200Whitfield CDP (Manatee County), FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Whitfield CDP (Manatee County), 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 Whitfield CDP (Manatee County), FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)41.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)8.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)59.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
4,745
Median Income
$102,200
Median Home Value
$415,200
Median Age
40.2
Poverty Rate
8.4%
Labor force participation
59.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
41.0%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
72.3%
Carpool
6.7%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
18.6%
Other
2.4%
Based on 2,055 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 Whitfield CDP (Manatee County). 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 Whitfield CDP (Manatee County) 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 Whitfield CDP (Manatee County) sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Whitfield CDP (Manatee County) 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.