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Place dossier plate
SheetFL-WIMAUMA-FL · Wimauma, FL 13,003 pop · income 33rd 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 Wimauma
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Wimauma on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Mountain Home · lowest
42,103
Mountain Home · lowest
42,103 median HH income
37.1% of the leader · rank #1
Cherryville · near
58,701
Cherryville · near
58,701 median HH income
51.7% of the leader · rank #2
Clarion · near
58,702
Clarion · near
58,702 median HH income
51.7% of the leader · rank #3
Dolton · near
58,706
Dolton · near
58,706 median HH income
51.7% of the leader · rank #4
Wimauma · this city
58,708
Wimauma · this city
58,708 median HH income
51.7% of the leader · rank #5
Peoria · near
58,716
Peoria · near
58,716 median HH income
51.7% of the leader · rank #6
Suamico · highest
113,614
Suamico · highest
113,614 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 Wimauma 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: 13,003.
Wimauma ranks in the 33rd percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
33rd
percentile, household income
70th
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: Wimauma, FL
Wimauma is a small town in Florida, home to 13,003 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $58,708 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 20.9%. Wimauma's housing stock carries a median value of $334,400, and the median resident age is 29.3 years. 21.0% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 59.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 4 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
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). Workers in Wimauma report an average commute of 30.6 minutes, with 68.6% driving alone and 13.9% working from home. 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 Wimauma'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 schools and households to comparison shortlist to housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Wimauma, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the education layer cover for Wimauma?
The NCES join finds 4 public schools within the city match. 21.0% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Which cities make useful reference points for Wimauma?
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Holly Hill (13,002 residents, $46,360 income); Mango (13,037 residents, $44,675 income); Viera East (13,082 residents, $97,386 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Suamico, WI (13,003 residents); West Carrollton, OH (13,008 residents); Athens, TX (13,013 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Wimauma?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 20.9%, 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 Wimauma?
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 68.6%. The reported mean trip to work is 30.6 minutes.
Below median income · poverty 20.9% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
F
City profile score · Wimauma, FL
26/100
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.
Bachelor's+ share F
21.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$58,708
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.
Poverty rate F
20.9%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Wimauma profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 37/100 (F) · 21.0%
Household income: 33/100 (F) · $58,708
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Poverty rate: 12/100 (F) · 20.9%
How does Wimauma compare to other US cities?
Where Wimauma sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income33% higher than other cities
Home value70% 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 Wimauma 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 Wimauma near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Wimauma ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Wimauma only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#619 of 903
31st percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#357 of 894
60th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#98 of 930
89th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#583 of 930
37th 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
33rd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Wimauma's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$334,40030th percentilemore affordable than 30% 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
Wimauma's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,805 of 15,516
More affordable than 11% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,881 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 5.7×, Wimauma sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,805 of 15,516 and #2,881 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
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
$58,708Wimauma, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Wimauma, 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 Wimauma, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)21.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)20.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)59.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
13,003
Median Income
$58,708
Median Home Value
$334,400
Median Age
29.3
Poverty Rate
20.9%
Labor force participation
59.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
21.0%
Schools
Total Schools
4
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
30.6 minutes
Drive Alone
68.6%
Carpool
9.5%
Public Transit
5.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
13.9%
Other
3.0%
Based on 4,989 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 Wimauma. 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 Wimauma 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 Wimauma sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Wimauma 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, NCES CCD, 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.