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SheetVA-APPLE-MOUNTAIN-LAKE-VA · Apple Mountain Lake, VA 1,801 pop · income 89th 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 Apple Mountain Lake
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Apple Mountain Lake on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Raven · lowest
36,063
Raven · lowest
36,063 median HH income
22.1% of the leader · rank #1
Dennis · near
127,292
Dennis · near
127,292 median HH income
78.1% of the leader · rank #2
Apple Mountai… · this city
127,321
Apple Mountai… · this city
127,321 median HH income
78.1% of the leader · rank #3
Rocky Hill · near
127,344
Rocky Hill · near
127,344 median HH income
78.1% of the leader · rank #4
West Bountiful · near
127,344
West Bountiful · near
127,344 median HH income
78.1% of the leader · rank #5
Buchanan · near
127,375
Buchanan · near
127,375 median HH income
78.2% of the leader · rank #6
Perry Park · highest
162,971
Perry Park · highest
162,971 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 Apple Mountain Lake 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: 1,801.
Nationally, Apple Mountain Lake sits in the 89th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
89th
percentile, household income
74th
percentile, home value
62nd
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: Apple Mountain Lake, VA
Virginia's Apple Mountain Lake is a small town, with 1,801 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Apple Mountain Lake households earn a median of $127,321 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 4.1%. Typical homes in Apple Mountain Lake are valued around $370,600, and the median resident age is 39.0 years. About 36.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 64.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Virginia tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 101.1 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,369 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Virginia run around $235, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 33.3 out of 100 (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Apple Mountain Lake'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 Apple Mountain Lake, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Apple Mountain Lake?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.1%, 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. 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Apple Mountain Lake?
Within Virginia, the closest population matches are Twin Lakes (1,794 residents, $67,012 income); Courtland (1,784 residents, $49,620 income); Crimora (1,823 residents, $76,531 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Perry Park, CO (1,801 residents); Grandview Plaza, KS (1,801 residents); Avon-by-the-Sea, NJ (1,801 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Apple Mountain Lake?
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 64.4%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Virginia average
B-
City profile score · Apple Mountain Lake, VA
67/100
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.
Household income A
$127,321
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate B
4.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share B-
36.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living F
101.1 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).
Apple Mountain Lake profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 89/100 (A) · $127,321
Poverty rate: 71/100 (B) · 4.1%
Bachelor's+ share: 69/100 (B-) · 36.5%
Cost of living: 35/100 (F) · 101.1 index
How does Apple Mountain Lake compare to other US cities?
Where Apple Mountain Lake sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income89% higher than other cities
Home value74% pricier than other cities
Median rent62% 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 Apple Mountain Lake against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Virginia only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Virginia-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Apple Mountain Lake near the bottom of Virginia's cities
Among the 619 Virginia cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Apple Mountain Lake ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Apple Mountain Lake only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#107 of 558
81st percentile in Virginia
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 619
0th percentile in Virginia
Median Home Value
#177 of 567
69th percentile in Virginia
Poverty Rate
#350 of 616
43rd percentile in Virginia
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#217 of 618
65th percentile in Virginia
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 Virginia only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
89th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Apple Mountain Lake's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$370,60026th percentilemore affordable than 26% 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
Apple Mountain Lake's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#6,198 of 15,516
More affordable than 60% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#5,308 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.9×, Apple Mountain Lake sits in the affordable band:
national rank #6,198 of 15,516 and #5,308 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
$127,321Apple Mountain Lake, VA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Apple Mountain Lake, VA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Apple Mountain Lake, VA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)36.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)64.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,801
Median Income
$127,321
Median Home Value
$370,600
Median Age
39.0
Poverty Rate
4.1%
Labor force participation
64.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
36.5%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
64.4%
Carpool
20.3%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
5.1%
Work from Home
10.2%
Based on 972 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Virginia statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $235
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Virginia at $235 (electricity about $115 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Virginia statewide averages, not a meter reading for Apple Mountain Lake. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Virginia's BEA cost-of-living index is 101.1 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Apple Mountain Lake is $1,369/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Virginia statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 33.3 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Virginia statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Apple Mountain Lake sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Apple Mountain Lake compares to similar-size Virginia 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.