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SheetMD-NEW-WINDSOR-MD · New Windsor, MD 1,338 pop · income 84th 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 New Windsor
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest New Windsor on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
New Paris · lowest
45,592
New Paris · lowest
45,592 median HH income
25.8% of the leader · rank #1
Somerset · near
111,720
Somerset · near
111,720 median HH income
63.1% of the leader · rank #2
Alpine · near
111,723
Alpine · near
111,723 median HH income
63.1% of the leader · rank #3
New Windsor · this city
111,731
New Windsor · this city
111,731 median HH income
63.1% of the leader · rank #4
East Pepperell · near
111,736
East Pepperell · near
111,736 median HH income
63.1% of the leader · rank #5
Plymouth · near
111,742
Plymouth · near
111,742 median HH income
63.1% of the leader · rank #6
Springfield · highest
177,045
Springfield · highest
177,045 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 New Windsor 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: 1,338.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, New Windsor lands in the 84th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
84th
percentile, household income
70th
percentile, home value
84th
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: New Windsor, MD
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 1,338 residents in New Windsor, a small town within Maryland. New Windsor households earn a median of $111,731 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 7.7%. Home values in New Windsor run a median of $337,500, and the median resident age is 45.4 years. Educational attainment runs 34.8% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 58.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Maryland carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Maryland at 105.0 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Above Average). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,657 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Maryland's average monthly utility costs around $255 (state average). On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 60.2 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of New Windsor'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 population change to housing and income to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For New Windsor, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; 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 New Windsor?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 72.2%. 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. 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.
Is New Windsor growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +298 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +20.5% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
How far does income reach against housing in New Windsor?
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 3.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 7.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for New Windsor?
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 Maryland, the closest population matches are Edmonston (1,332 residents, $82,431 income); Buckeystown (1,317 residents, $141,250 income); Libertytown (1,368 residents, $109,453 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Diamond Ridge, AK (1,338 residents); Metlakatla, AK (1,338 residents); Limestone, IL (1,338 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-
$111,731
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share B-
34.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate D
7.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
105.0 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).
New Windsor profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 82/100 (A-) · $111,731
Bachelor's+ share: 66/100 (B-) · 34.8%
Poverty rate: 49/100 (D) · 7.7%
Cost of living: 21/100 (F) · 105.0 index
How does New Windsor compare to other US cities?
Where New Windsor sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income84% higher than other cities
Home value70% pricier than other cities
Median rent84% 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 New Windsor against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Maryland only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Maryland-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places New Windsor near the bottom of Maryland's cities
Among the 479 Maryland cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, New Windsor ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares New Windsor only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#180 of 445
60th percentile in Maryland
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 479
0th percentile in Maryland
Median Home Value
#258 of 450
43rd percentile in Maryland
Poverty Rate
#127 of 479
73rd percentile in Maryland
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#240 of 479
50th percentile in Maryland
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 Maryland only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
84th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How New Windsor's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$337,50030th percentilemore affordable than 30% 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
New Windsor's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#6,801 of 15,516
More affordable than 56% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#5,734 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.0×, New Windsor sits in the moderate band:
national rank #6,801 of 15,516 and #5,734 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
$111,731New Windsor, MD median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context New Windsor, MD median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for New Windsor, MD.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)34.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)7.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)58.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,338
Median Income
$111,731
Median Home Value
$337,500
Median Age
45.4
Poverty Rate
7.7%
Labor force participation
58.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
34.8%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
New Windsor's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
1,451 residents
2021
1,502 residents
2022
1,648 residents
2023
1,731 residents
2024
1,752 residents
2025
1,749 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
72.2%
Carpool
4.1%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
1.6%
Work from Home
17.9%
Other
4.2%
Based on 630 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Maryland statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $255
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Maryland at $255 (electricity about $120 , water and sewer about $55 ).
These are Maryland statewide averages, not a meter reading for New Windsor. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Maryland's BEA cost-of-living index is 105.0 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around New Windsor is $1,657/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Maryland statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 60.2 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Maryland statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county New Windsor sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How New Windsor compares to similar-size Maryland 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.