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Place dossier plate
SheetNJ-WHITESBORO-NJ · Whitesboro, NJ 2,946 pop · income 74th 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 Whitesboro
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Whitesboro on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Lucedale · lowest
38,468
Lucedale · lowest
38,468 median HH income
19.0% of the leader · rank #1
Lawnton · near
94,130
Lawnton · near
94,130 median HH income
46.5% of the leader · rank #2
Dollar Point · near
94,141
Dollar Point · near
94,141 median HH income
46.5% of the leader · rank #3
Whitesboro · this city
94,145
Whitesboro · this city
94,145 median HH income
46.5% of the leader · rank #4
Laboratory · near
94,145
Laboratory · near
94,145 median HH income
46.5% of the leader · rank #5
Burleson · near
94,162
Burleson · near
94,162 median HH income
46.5% of the leader · rank #6
Millington · highest
202,604
Millington · highest
202,604 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 Whitesboro 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: 2,946.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Whitesboro lands in the 74th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
74th
percentile, household income
54th
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: Whitesboro, NJ
2,946 people live in Whitesboro, New Jersey - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $94,145 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 12.3%. Home values in Whitesboro run a median of $242,100, and the median resident age is 38.7 years. 18.7% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 57.1% 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. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts New Jersey's average monthly utility costs around $275 (state average). On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 90.8 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Whitesboro'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 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 Whitesboro, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, annual population history; 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 Whitesboro?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 62.4%. 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Whitesboro?
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 2.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 12.3%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Whitesboro?
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 Menlo Park Terrace (2,952 residents, $111,111 income); Ocean Grove (2,916 residents, $74,410 income); Hopelawn (2,986 residents, $83,977 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Bonny Doon, CA (2,946 residents); Eddyville, KY (2,945 residents); Huguley, AL (2,944 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.
Above median income · poverty 12.3% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
108.8 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, New Jersey average
F
City profile score · Whitesboro, NJ
39/100
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 B
$94,145
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
12.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
18.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; 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.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Whitesboro profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 73/100 (B) · $94,145
Poverty rate: 31/100 (F) · 12.3%
Bachelor's+ share: 31/100 (F) · 18.7%
Cost of living: 10/100 (F) · 108.8 index
How does Whitesboro compare to other US cities?
Where Whitesboro sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income74% higher than other cities
Home value54% 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 Whitesboro 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 Whitesboro near the bottom of New Jersey's cities
Among the 686 New Jersey cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Whitesboro ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Whitesboro only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#420 of 659
36th percentile in New Jersey
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 686
0th percentile in New Jersey
Median Home Value
#560 of 672
17th percentile in New Jersey
Poverty Rate
#68 of 680
89th percentile in New Jersey
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#613 of 686
10th 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
74th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Whitesboro's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$242,10046th percentilemore affordable than 46% 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
Whitesboro's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.6×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#4,372 of 15,516
More affordable than 72% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#3,911 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.6×, Whitesboro sits in the affordable band:
national rank #4,372 of 15,516 and #3,911 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
$94,145Whitesboro, NJ median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Whitesboro, 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 Whitesboro, NJ.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)18.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)12.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)57.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,946
Median Income
$94,145
Median Home Value
$242,100
Median Age
38.7
Poverty Rate
12.3%
Labor force participation
57.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
18.7%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
62.4%
Carpool
16.1%
Public Transit
8.3%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
9.9%
Other
3.3%
Based on 1,272 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 Whitesboro. 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 Whitesboro 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 Whitesboro sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Whitesboro 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.