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SheetVA-QUANTICO-BASE-VA · Quantico Base, VA 5,491 pop · income 49th 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 Quantico Base
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Quantico Base on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Marion · lowest
37,357
Marion · lowest
37,357 median HH income
15.1% of the leader · rank #1
Shannon Hills · near
69,413
Shannon Hills · near
69,413 median HH income
28.0% of the leader · rank #2
Fish Lake · near
69,417
Fish Lake · near
69,417 median HH income
28.0% of the leader · rank #3
Mooers · near
69,417
Mooers · near
69,417 median HH income
28.0% of the leader · rank #4
Quantico Base · this city
69,419
Quantico Base · this city
69,419 median HH income
28.0% of the leader · rank #5
Dodson Branch · near
69,423
Dodson Branch · near
69,423 median HH income
28.0% of the leader · rank #6
Crosspointe · highest
247,708
Crosspointe · highest
247,708 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 Quantico Base 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: 5,491.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Quantico Base lands in the 49th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
49th
percentile, household income
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: Quantico Base, VA
Quantico Base is a small town in Virginia, home to 5,491 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Quantico Base households earn a median of $69,419 annually, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 6.5%. The median resident age is 22.5 years. Educational attainment runs 47.6% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 19.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Virginia tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Virginia at 101.1 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,369 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Virginia's average monthly utility costs around $235 (state average). 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 Quantico Base'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 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 Quantico Base, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Quantico Base?
Within Virginia, the closest population matches are Dulles Town Center (5,541 residents, $114,503 income); Moorefield (5,598 residents, $200,754 income); Crosspointe (5,632 residents, $247,708 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Walterboro, SC (5,490 residents); Columbus, WI (5,493 residents); Osceola, IA (5,495 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 Quantico Base?
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 54.9%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Below median income · poverty 6.5% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
101.1 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Virginia average
C-
City profile score · Quantico Base, VA
53/100
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.
Bachelor's+ share A-
47.6%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate C
6.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income D
$69,419
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); 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).
Quantico Base profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 82/100 (A-) · 47.6%
Poverty rate: 56/100 (C) · 6.5%
Household income: 48/100 (D) · $69,419
Cost of living: 35/100 (F) · 101.1 index
How does Quantico Base compare to other US cities?
Here's how Quantico Base stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income49% higher 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 Quantico Base 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 Quantico Base near the bottom of Virginia's cities
Among the 619 Virginia cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Quantico Base ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Quantico Base only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#300 of 558
46th percentile in Virginia
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 619
0th percentile in Virginia
Poverty Rate
#273 of 616
55th percentile in Virginia
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#154 of 618
75th 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
49th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$69,419Quantico Base, VA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Quantico Base, 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 Quantico Base, VA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)47.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)19.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
5,491
Median Income
$69,419
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
22.5
Poverty Rate
6.5%
Labor force participation
19.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
47.6%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
54.9%
Carpool
12.2%
Public Transit
0.2%
Walk
18.3%
Work from Home
11.7%
Other
2.7%
Based on 3,455 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 Quantico Base. 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 Quantico Base 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 Quantico Base sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Quantico Base 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.