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Place dossier plate
SheetNJ-PLUCKEMIN-NJ · Pluckemin, NJ 490 pop · income 22nd 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 Pluckemin
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Pluckemin on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Lisman · lowest
42,109
Lisman · lowest
42,109 median HH income
16.8% of the leader · rank #1
Shell Knob · near
51,852
Shell Knob · near
51,852 median HH income
20.7% of the leader · rank #2
Randleman · near
51,852
Randleman · near
51,852 median HH income
20.7% of the leader · rank #3
Sutherlin · near
51,860
Sutherlin · near
51,860 median HH income
20.7% of the leader · rank #4
Pluckemin · this city
51,863
Pluckemin · this city
51,863 median HH income
20.7% of the leader · rank #5
Centralia · near
51,868
Centralia · near
51,868 median HH income
20.7% of the leader · rank #6
Mantoloking · highest
250,001
Mantoloking · highest
250,001 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 Pluckemin 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: 490.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Pluckemin places in the 22nd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
22nd
percentile, household income
89th
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: Pluckemin, NJ
490 people live in Pluckemin, New Jersey - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $51,863 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 49.0%. Pluckemin's housing stock carries a median value of $598,200, and the median resident age is 46.3 years. Educational attainment runs 99.3% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 48.1% 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. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $2,132 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in New Jersey run around $275, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. 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 Pluckemin'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 to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Pluckemin, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Pluckemin?
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 Vincentown (490 residents, $99,716 income); Washington Crossing (487 residents, $155,060 income); Harvey Cedars (478 residents, $148,333 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Clayhatchee, AL (490 residents); Lisman, AL (490 residents); Pleasant Groves, AL (490 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Pluckemin?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 71.6%. 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Pluckemin?
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. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 11.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 49.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Low income · poverty 49.0% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
108.8 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, New Jersey average
F
City profile score · Pluckemin, NJ
28/100
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+
99.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$51,863
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.
Poverty rate F
49.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Pluckemin profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 100/100 (A+) · 99.3%
Household income: 23/100 (F) · $51,863
Cost of living: 10/100 (F) · 108.8 index
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 49.0%
How does Pluckemin compare to other US cities?
Pluckemin measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income22% higher than other cities
Home value89% 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 Pluckemin 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 Pluckemin near the bottom of New Jersey's cities
Among the 686 New Jersey cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Pluckemin ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Pluckemin only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#635 of 659
4th percentile in New Jersey
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 686
0th percentile in New Jersey
Median Home Value
#154 of 672
77th percentile in New Jersey
Poverty Rate
#1 of 680
100th percentile in New Jersey
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1 of 686
100th 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
22nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Pluckemin's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$598,20011th percentilemore affordable than 11% 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
Pluckemin's home-value-to-income ratio: 11.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#15,443 of 15,516
More affordable than 0% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#11,273 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 11.5×, Pluckemin sits in the pressured band:
national rank #15,443 of 15,516 and #11,273 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
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
$51,863Pluckemin, NJ median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Pluckemin, 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 Pluckemin, NJ.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)99.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)49.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)48.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
490
Median Income
$51,863
Median Home Value
$598,200
Median Age
46.3
Poverty Rate
49.0%
Labor force participation
48.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
99.3%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
71.6%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
11.0%
Work from Home
17.4%
Based on 155 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 Pluckemin. 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 Pluckemin 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 Pluckemin sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Pluckemin 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.