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SheetMA-OCEAN-BLUFF-BRANT-ROCK-MA · Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock, MA 4,695 pop · income 87th 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 Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Elberton · lowest
41,454
Elberton · lowest
41,454 median HH income
22.3% of the leader · rank #1
Summerville · near
118,611
Summerville · near
118,611 median HH income
63.8% of the leader · rank #2
Ocean Bluff-B… · this city
118,625
Ocean Bluff-B… · this city
118,625 median HH income
63.9% of the leader · rank #3
La Center · near
118,629
La Center · near
118,629 median HH income
63.9% of the leader · rank #4
Copake Lake · near
118,632
Copake Lake · near
118,632 median HH income
63.9% of the leader · rank #5
Antioch · near
118,635
Antioch · near
118,635 median HH income
63.9% of the leader · rank #6
Lakewood · highest
185,774
Lakewood · highest
185,774 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 Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock 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: 4,695.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock lands in the 87th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
87th
percentile, household income
84th
percentile, home value
98th
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: Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock, MA
Massachusetts's Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock is a small town, with 4,695 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock households earn a median of $118,625 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 4.8%. Typical homes in Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock are valued around $483,600, and the median resident age is 54.8 years. About 42.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 63.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Massachusetts carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Massachusetts scores 105.8 (Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $2,261 per month statewide. Monthly utility costs average around $330 across Massachusetts, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 78.8 out of 100 (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock'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 work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, matched public-school count, local building permits; 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 Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock?
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 4.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 63.8%. 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. 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock?
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 Massachusetts, the closest population matches are Marshfield (4,698 residents, $99,537 income); Rockport (4,795 residents, $86,250 income); Ipswich (4,806 residents, $92,969 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Childersburg, AL (4,694 residents); Lemoyne, PA (4,697 residents); Moses Lake North, WA (4,693 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.
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
$118,625
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share B+
42.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate B-
4.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
105.8 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).
Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 85/100 (A) · $118,625
Bachelor's+ share: 77/100 (B+) · 42.0%
Poverty rate: 67/100 (B-) · 4.8%
Cost of living: 18/100 (F) · 105.8 index
How does Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock compare to other US cities?
Where Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income87% higher than other cities
Home value84% pricier than other cities
Median rent98% 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 Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Massachusetts only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Massachusetts-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock near the bottom of Massachusetts's cities
Among the 247 Massachusetts cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#69 of 233
70th percentile in Massachusetts
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 247
0th percentile in Massachusetts
Median Home Value
#126 of 240
48th percentile in Massachusetts
Poverty Rate
#98 of 247
60th percentile in Massachusetts
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#145 of 247
41st percentile in Massachusetts
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 Massachusetts only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
87th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$483,60016th percentilemore affordable than 16% 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
#10,913 of 15,516
More affordable than 30% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,498 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.1×, Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock sits in the moderate band:
national rank #10,913 of 15,516 and #8,498 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
$118,625Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock, MA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock, MA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock, MA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)42.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)63.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
4,695
Median Income
$118,625
Median Home Value
$483,600
Median Age
54.8
Poverty Rate
4.8%
Labor force participation
63.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
42.0%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
63.8%
Carpool
4.8%
Public Transit
3.5%
Walk
0.7%
Work from Home
26.7%
Based on 2,724 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Massachusetts statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $330
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Massachusetts at $330 (electricity about $160 , water and sewer about $60 ).
These are Massachusetts statewide averages, not a meter reading for Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Massachusetts's BEA cost-of-living index is 105.8 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock is $2,261/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Massachusetts statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 78.8 / 100 (High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Massachusetts statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock compares to similar-size Massachusetts 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.