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SheetPA-JULIAN-PA · Julian, PA 183 pop · income 52nd 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 Julian
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Julian on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Maryd · lowest
58,594
Maryd · lowest
58,594 median HH income
66.7% of the leader · rank #1
Julian · this city
71,875
Julian · this city
71,875 median HH income
81.8% of the leader · rank #2
Layton · near
71,875
Layton · near
71,875 median HH income
81.8% of the leader · rank #3
Alston · near
71,875
Alston · near
71,875 median HH income
81.8% of the leader · rank #4
Hoyleton · near
71,875
Hoyleton · near
71,875 median HH income
81.8% of the leader · rank #5
Mackinaw · near
71,875
Mackinaw · near
71,875 median HH income
81.8% of the leader · rank #6
Woolstock · highest
87,857
Woolstock · highest
87,857 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 Julian 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: 183.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Julian places in the 52nd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
52nd
percentile, household income
44th
percentile, home value
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: Julian, PA
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 183 residents in Julian, a small town within Pennsylvania. Julian households earn a median of $71,875 annually, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 6.8%. Julian's housing stock carries a median value of $203,800, and the median resident age is 38.8 years. 2.6% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 88.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Pennsylvania tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Pennsylvania at 97.6 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). 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 Julian'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 Julian, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history; 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 Julian?
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.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 6.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Julian?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 91.9%. 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. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Which cities make useful reference points for Julian?
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 Ashville (183 residents, $74,107 income); Maryd (183 residents, $58,594 income); Riddlesburg (183 residents, $68,125 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Sisquoc, CA (183 residents); Volcano, CA (183 residents); Pittman, FL (183 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.
Above median income · poverty 6.8% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.6 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Pennsylvania average
D
City profile score · Julian, PA
42/100
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-
6.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income C-
$71,875
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.
Bachelor's+ share F
2.6%
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).
Julian profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 54/100 (C-) · 6.8%
Household income: 51/100 (C-) · $71,875
Cost of living: 50/100 (C-) · 97.6 index
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 2.6%
How does Julian compare to other US cities?
Here's how Julian stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income52% higher than other cities
Home value44% pricier 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 Julian 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 Julian near the bottom of Pennsylvania's cities
Among the 1,865 Pennsylvania cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Julian ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Julian only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#739 of 1,765
58th percentile in Pennsylvania
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,865
0th percentile in Pennsylvania
Median Home Value
#617 of 1,790
66th percentile in Pennsylvania
Poverty Rate
#806 of 1,856
56th percentile in Pennsylvania
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1,807 of 1,861
3rd 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
52nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Julian's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$203,800Among the most affordablemore affordable than 56% 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
Julian's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.8×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#5,776 of 15,516
More affordable than 63% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#4,998 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.8×, Julian sits in the affordable band:
national rank #5,776 of 15,516 and #4,998 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
$71,875Julian, PA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Julian, 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 Julian, PA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)2.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)88.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
183
Median Income
$71,875
Median Home Value
$203,800
Median Age
38.8
Poverty Rate
6.8%
Labor force participation
88.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
2.6%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
91.9%
Carpool
8.1%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 135 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 Julian. 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 Julian 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 Julian sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Julian 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.