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SheetPA-CARLISLE-BARRACKS-PA · Carlisle Barracks, PA 683 pop · income 90th 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 Carlisle Barracks
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Carlisle Barracks on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Kooskia · lowest
38,167
Kooskia · lowest
38,167 median HH income
23.5% of the leader · rank #1
Newark · near
129,688
Newark · near
129,688 median HH income
79.9% of the leader · rank #2
Shorewood Hil… · near
129,688
Shorewood Hil… · near
129,688 median HH income
79.9% of the leader · rank #3
Carlisle Barr… · this city
129,706
Carlisle Barr… · this city
129,706 median HH income
79.9% of the leader · rank #4
Rock Creek Pa… · near
129,712
Rock Creek Pa… · near
129,712 median HH income
79.9% of the leader · rank #5
Granville Sou… · near
129,716
Granville Sou… · near
129,716 median HH income
79.9% of the leader · rank #6
Sewickley Hil… · highest
162,361
Sewickley Hil… · highest
162,361 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 Carlisle Barracks 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: 683.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Carlisle Barracks places in the 90th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
90th
percentile, household income
54th
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: Carlisle Barracks, PA
683 people live in Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Carlisle Barracks brings in $129,706 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. The median resident age is 30.3 years. 74.7% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 49.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Pennsylvania tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 97.6 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,225 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Pennsylvania run around $260, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 67.4 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Carlisle Barracks'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 comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Carlisle Barracks, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Carlisle Barracks?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 48.2%. 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Carlisle Barracks?
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 Pennsylvania, the closest population matches are Allenport (684 residents, $70,625 income); Gratz (682 residents); Sewickley Hills (681 residents, $162,361 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Candlewood Orchards, CT (683 residents); Kooskia, ID (683 residents); Riverton, KS (683 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.
Top-decile income · poverty 0.0% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.6 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Pennsylvania average
A-
City profile score · Carlisle Barracks, PA
84/100
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 A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share A+
74.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income A+
$129,706
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Cost of living C-
97.6 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).
Carlisle Barracks profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Bachelor's+ share: 100/100 (A+) · 74.7%
Household income: 90/100 (A+) · $129,706
Cost of living: 50/100 (C-) · 97.6 index
How does Carlisle Barracks compare to other US cities?
Here's how Carlisle Barracks stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income90% higher than other cities
Median rent54% 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 Carlisle Barracks against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Pennsylvania only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Pennsylvania-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Carlisle Barracks near the bottom of Pennsylvania's cities
Among the 1,865 Pennsylvania cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Carlisle Barracks ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Carlisle Barracks only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#84 of 1,765
95th percentile in Pennsylvania
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,865
0th percentile in Pennsylvania
Poverty Rate
#1,474 of 1,856
0th percentile in Pennsylvania
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#36 of 1,861
98th percentile in Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
90th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$129,706Carlisle Barracks, PA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Carlisle Barracks, PA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Carlisle Barracks, PA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)74.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)49.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
683
Median Income
$129,706
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
30.3
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
49.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
74.7%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
48.2%
Carpool
5.7%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
33.2%
Work from Home
13.0%
Based on 386 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Pennsylvania statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $260
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Pennsylvania at $260 (electricity about $120 , water and sewer about $52 ).
These are Pennsylvania statewide averages, not a meter reading for Carlisle Barracks. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Pennsylvania's BEA cost-of-living index is 97.6 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Carlisle Barracks is $1,225/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Pennsylvania statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 67.4 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Pennsylvania statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Carlisle Barracks sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Carlisle Barracks compares to similar-size Pennsylvania 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.