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Place dossier plate
SheetFL-WHITFIELD-CDP-SANTA-ROSA-COUNTY-FL · Whitfield CDP (Santa Rosa County), FL 626 pop · income 42nd 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 (Santa Rosa County)
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Whitfield CDP (Santa Rosa County) on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Valier · lowest
44,432
Valier · lowest
44,432 median HH income
17.8% of the leader · rank #1
Greenwich · near
64,118
Greenwich · near
64,118 median HH income
25.6% of the leader · rank #2
Whitfield CDP… · this city
64,125
Whitfield CDP… · this city
64,125 median HH income
25.6% of the leader · rank #3
Electra · near
64,125
Electra · near
64,125 median HH income
25.6% of the leader · rank #4
Walworth · near
64,125
Walworth · near
64,125 median HH income
25.6% of the leader · rank #5
College · near
64,130
College · near
64,130 median HH income
25.7% of the leader · rank #6
Golden Beach · highest
250,001
Golden Beach · highest
250,001 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 (Santa Rosa 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: 626.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Whitfield CDP (Santa Rosa County) places in the 42nd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
42nd
percentile, household income
51st
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 (Santa Rosa County), FL
626 people live in Whitfield CDP (Santa Rosa County), Florida - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Whitfield CDP (Santa Rosa County) households earn a median of $64,125 annually, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 5.3%. Whitfield CDP (Santa Rosa County)'s housing stock carries a median value of $231,100, and the median resident age is 51.4 years. 10.0% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 55.7% 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. 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 Whitfield CDP (Santa Rosa 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 housing and income to comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Whitfield CDP (Santa Rosa County), city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Whitfield CDP (Santa Rosa County)?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.3%, 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. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Which cities make useful reference points for Whitfield CDP (Santa Rosa County)?
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Paxton (621 residents, $57,917 income); Reddick (617 residents); Glen St. Mary (616 residents, $51,691 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Fairland, IN (626 residents); Canton, KS (626 residents); Logan, KS (626 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 Whitfield CDP (Santa Rosa 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. 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 53.3%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Below median income · poverty 5.3% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
F
City profile score · Whitfield CDP (Santa Rosa County), FL
36/100
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 C+
5.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income D
$64,125
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
10.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Whitfield CDP (Santa Rosa County) profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 63/100 (C+) · 5.3%
Household income: 41/100 (D) · $64,125
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Bachelor's+ share: 6/100 (F) · 10.0%
How does Whitfield CDP (Santa Rosa County) compare to other US cities?
Whitfield CDP (Santa Rosa County) measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income42% higher than other cities
Home value51% 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 (Santa Rosa 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 (Santa Rosa County) near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Whitfield CDP (Santa Rosa County) ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Whitfield CDP (Santa Rosa County) only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#528 of 903
42nd percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#621 of 894
31st percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#605 of 930
34th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#825 of 930
11th 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
42nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Whitfield CDP (Santa Rosa County)'s home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$231,10049th percentilemore affordable than 49% 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
Whitfield CDP (Santa Rosa County)'s home-value-to-income ratio: 3.6×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#9,378 of 15,516
More affordable than 40% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#7,519 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.6×, Whitfield CDP (Santa Rosa County) sits in the moderate band:
national rank #9,378 of 15,516 and #7,519 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
$64,125Whitfield CDP (Santa Rosa County), FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Whitfield CDP (Santa Rosa 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 (Santa Rosa County), FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)10.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)55.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
626
Median Income
$64,125
Median Home Value
$231,100
Median Age
51.4
Poverty Rate
5.3%
Labor force participation
55.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
10.0%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
53.3%
Carpool
39.1%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
4.3%
Other
3.3%
Based on 276 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 (Santa Rosa 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 (Santa Rosa 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 (Santa Rosa 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 (Santa Rosa 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.