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SheetGA-LAKEVIEW-ESTATES-GA · Lakeview Estates, GA 3,057 pop · income 13th 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 Lakeview Estates
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Lakeview Estates on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Cuthbert · lowest
21,061
Cuthbert · lowest
21,061 median HH income
18.7% of the leader · rank #1
Mitchell · near
45,580
Mitchell · near
45,580 median HH income
40.4% of the leader · rank #2
Randolph · near
45,584
Randolph · near
45,584 median HH income
40.4% of the leader · rank #3
Planada · near
45,588
Planada · near
45,588 median HH income
40.4% of the leader · rank #4
Lakeview Esta… · this city
45,589
Lakeview Esta… · this city
45,589 median HH income
40.4% of the leader · rank #5
New Paris · near
45,592
New Paris · near
45,592 median HH income
40.4% of the leader · rank #6
Tybee Island · highest
112,778
Tybee Island · highest
112,778 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 Lakeview Estates 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: 3,057.
Lakeview Estates ranks in the 13th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
13th
percentile, household income
0th
percentile, home value
51st
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: Lakeview Estates, GA
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 3,057 residents in Lakeview Estates, a small town within Georgia. Lakeview Estates households earn a median of $45,589 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 58.2%. Home values in Lakeview Estates run a median of $38,400, and the median resident age is 34.1 years. Educational attainment runs 7.0% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 61.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Georgia run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Georgia at 96.3 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Below Average). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,203 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Georgia's average monthly utility costs around $225 (state average). On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 39.5 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Lakeview Estates'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 Lakeview Estates, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, local building permits, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Lakeview Estates?
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. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 0.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 58.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Lakeview Estates?
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 Georgia, the closest population matches are Unadilla (3,057 residents, $36,473 income); Cuthbert (3,045 residents, $21,061 income); Alamo (3,108 residents). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Maugansville, MD (3,057 residents); Checotah, OK (3,057 residents); Biscayne Park, FL (3,056 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Lakeview Estates?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 28.8%. 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. 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.
Low income · poverty 58.2% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
96.3 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Georgia average
F
City profile score · Lakeview Estates, GA
19/100
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.
Cost of living C
96.3 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income F
$45,589
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
58.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
7.0%
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).
Lakeview Estates profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 57/100 (C) · 96.3 index
Household income: 14/100 (F) · $45,589
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 58.2%
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 7.0%
How does Lakeview Estates compare to other US cities?
Where Lakeview Estates sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income13% higher than other cities
Home value0% pricier than other cities
Median rent51% 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 Lakeview Estates against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Georgia only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Georgia-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Lakeview Estates near the bottom of Georgia's cities
Among the 638 Georgia cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Lakeview Estates ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Lakeview Estates only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#403 of 610
34th percentile in Georgia
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 638
0th percentile in Georgia
Median Home Value
#574 of 577
1st percentile in Georgia
Poverty Rate
#5 of 637
99th percentile in Georgia
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#554 of 638
13th percentile in Georgia
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 Georgia only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
13th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Lakeview Estates's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$38,400Among the most affordablemore affordable than 100% 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
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#18 of 15,516
More affordable than 100% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#18 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 0.8×, Lakeview Estates sits in the affordable band:
national rank #18 of 15,516 and #18 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
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
$45,589Lakeview Estates, GA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Lakeview Estates, GA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Lakeview Estates, GA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)7.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)58.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)61.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
3,057
Median Income
$45,589
Median Home Value
$38,400
Median Age
34.1
Poverty Rate
58.2%
Labor force participation
61.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
7.0%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
28.8%
Carpool
65.2%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
4.3%
Work from Home
1.0%
Other
0.7%
Based on 1,413 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Georgia statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Georgia at $225 (electricity about $125 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Georgia statewide averages, not a meter reading for Lakeview Estates. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Georgia's BEA cost-of-living index is 96.3 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Lakeview Estates is $1,203/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Georgia statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 39.5 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Georgia statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Lakeview Estates sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Lakeview Estates compares to similar-size Georgia 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.