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Place dossier plate
SheetNJ-PINE-RIDGE-AT-CRESTWOOD-NJ · Pine Ridge at Crestwood, NJ 2,756 pop · income 38th 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 Pine Ridge at Crestwood
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Pine Ridge at Crestwood on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Russell Sprin… · lowest
37,500
Russell Sprin… · lowest
37,500 median HH income
23.4% of the leader · rank #1
Pine Ridge at… · this city
61,563
Pine Ridge at… · this city
61,563 median HH income
38.4% of the leader · rank #2
New Boston · near
61,563
New Boston · near
61,563 median HH income
38.4% of the leader · rank #3
North Salem · near
61,563
North Salem · near
61,563 median HH income
38.4% of the leader · rank #4
Rockwell City · near
61,563
Rockwell City · near
61,563 median HH income
38.4% of the leader · rank #5
Alanson · near
61,563
Alanson · near
61,563 median HH income
38.4% of the leader · rank #6
Gillette · highest
160,272
Gillette · highest
160,272 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 Pine Ridge at Crestwood 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: 2,756.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Pine Ridge at Crestwood lands in the 38th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
38th
percentile, household income
22nd
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: Pine Ridge at Crestwood, NJ
2,756 people live in Pine Ridge at Crestwood, New Jersey - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $61,563 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 2.8%. Typical homes in Pine Ridge at Crestwood are valued around $133,800, and the median resident age is 67.6 years. Educational attainment runs 8.9% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 29.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
New Jersey carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts New Jersey at 108.8 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Above Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $2,132 monthly. 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 Pine Ridge at Crestwood'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 Pine Ridge at Crestwood, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, matched public-school count, local building permits, 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 Pine Ridge at Crestwood?
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 2.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.8%, 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. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
Which cities make useful reference points for Pine Ridge at Crestwood?
Within New Jersey, the closest population matches are Riverton (2,771 residents, $126,818 income); Gillette (2,739 residents, $160,272 income); Spring Lake (2,782 residents, $146,976 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Abbeville, GA (2,756 residents); Rising Sun, MD (2,756 residents); Centreville, AL (2,757 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 Pine Ridge at Crestwood?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 90.6%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
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 A-
2.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$61,563
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
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.
Bachelor's+ share F
8.9%
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).
Pine Ridge at Crestwood profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 80/100 (A-) · 2.8%
Household income: 37/100 (F) · $61,563
Cost of living: 10/100 (F) · 108.8 index
Bachelor's+ share: 3/100 (F) · 8.9%
How does Pine Ridge at Crestwood compare to other US cities?
Here's how Pine Ridge at Crestwood stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income38% higher than other cities
Home value22% 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 Pine Ridge at Crestwood 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 Pine Ridge at Crestwood near the bottom of New Jersey's cities
Among the 686 New Jersey cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Pine Ridge at Crestwood ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Pine Ridge at Crestwood only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#606 of 659
8th percentile in New Jersey
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 686
0th percentile in New Jersey
Median Home Value
#660 of 672
2nd percentile in New Jersey
Poverty Rate
#364 of 680
46th percentile in New Jersey
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#673 of 686
2nd 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
38th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Pine Ridge at Crestwood's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$133,800Among the most affordablemore affordable than 78% 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
Pine Ridge at Crestwood's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#2,335 of 15,516
More affordable than 85% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,200 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.2×, Pine Ridge at Crestwood sits in the affordable band:
national rank #2,335 of 15,516 and #2,200 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
$61,563Pine Ridge at Crestwood, NJ median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Pine Ridge at Crestwood, 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 Pine Ridge at Crestwood, NJ.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)8.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)29.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,756
Median Income
$61,563
Median Home Value
$133,800
Median Age
67.6
Poverty Rate
2.8%
Labor force participation
29.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
8.9%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
90.6%
Carpool
2.0%
Public Transit
2.6%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
4.8%
Based on 799 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 Pine Ridge at Crestwood. 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 Pine Ridge at Crestwood 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 Pine Ridge at Crestwood sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Pine Ridge at Crestwood 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.