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Place dossier plate
SheetNJ-NEW-NJ · New, NJ 366 pop · income 82nd 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
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest New on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Eden · lowest
31,346
Eden · lowest
31,346 median HH income
19.1% of the leader · rank #1
Plano · near
108,649
Plano · near
108,649 median HH income
66.2% of the leader · rank #2
New · this city
108,661
New · this city
108,661 median HH income
66.2% of the leader · rank #3
Marietta · near
108,661
Marietta · near
108,661 median HH income
66.2% of the leader · rank #4
Allison Park · near
108,669
Allison Park · near
108,669 median HH income
66.2% of the leader · rank #5
Madison · near
108,676
Madison · near
108,676 median HH income
66.2% of the leader · rank #6
Zayante · highest
164,234
Zayante · highest
164,234 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 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: 366.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, New lands in the 82nd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
82nd
percentile, household income
69th
percentile, home value
94th
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, NJ
New is a small town in New Jersey, home to 366 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in New report a median income of $108,661 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 13.1%. Home values in New run a median of $325,000, and the median resident age is 51.8 years. About 22.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 52.3% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
New Jersey carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 108.8 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $2,132 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts New Jersey's average monthly utility costs around $275 (state average). FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 90.8 out of 100 (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of New'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 to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For New, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, 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
What does the journey to work look like in New?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 83.3%. 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 New?
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 New Jersey, the closest population matches are Port Colden (357 residents, $54,170 income); Great Meadows (353 residents, $73,836 income); Pedricktown (380 residents, $72,566 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Twin, AL (366 residents); Stinson Beach, CA (366 residents); Zayante, CA (366 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.
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 13.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
High income · poverty 13.1% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
108.8 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, New Jersey average
D
City profile score · New, NJ
43/100
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-
$108,661
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share D
22.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
13.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
108.8 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 profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 81/100 (A-) · $108,661
Bachelor's+ share: 43/100 (D) · 22.9%
Poverty rate: 27/100 (F) · 13.1%
Cost of living: 10/100 (F) · 108.8 index
How does New compare to other US cities?
Where New sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income82% higher than other cities
Home value69% pricier than other cities
Median rent94% 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 against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to New Jersey only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
New Jersey-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places New near the bottom of New Jersey's cities
Among the 686 New Jersey cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, New ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares New only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#305 of 659
54th percentile in New Jersey
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 686
0th percentile in New Jersey
Median Home Value
#455 of 672
32nd percentile in New Jersey
Poverty Rate
#61 of 680
91st percentile in New Jersey
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#569 of 686
17th percentile in New Jersey
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 New Jersey only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
82nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How New's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$325,00031st percentilemore affordable than 31% 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's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#6,636 of 15,516
More affordable than 57% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#5,626 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.0×, New sits in the affordable band:
national rank #6,636 of 15,516 and #5,626 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
$108,661New, NJ median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context New, NJ 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, NJ.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)22.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)13.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)52.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
366
Median Income
$108,661
Median Home Value
$325,000
Median Age
51.8
Poverty Rate
13.1%
Labor force participation
52.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
22.9%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
83.3%
Carpool
9.8%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
6.9%
Based on 174 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
New Jersey statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $275
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across New Jersey at $275 (electricity about $120 , water and sewer about $60 ).
These are New Jersey statewide averages, not a meter reading for New. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
New Jersey's BEA cost-of-living index is 108.8 (Well Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around New is $2,132/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to New Jersey statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 90.8 / 100 (Very High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a New Jersey statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county New sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How New compares to similar-size New Jersey 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.