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SheetNY-CASTLETON-ON-HUDSON-NY · Castleton-on-Hudson, NY 1,524 pop · income 42nd 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 Castleton-on-Hudson
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Castleton-on-Hudson on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Leadwood · lowest
44,167
Leadwood · lowest
44,167 median HH income
17.7% of the leader · rank #1
Castleton-on-… · this city
64,167
Castleton-on-… · this city
64,167 median HH income
25.7% of the leader · rank #2
Level Plains · near
64,167
Level Plains · near
64,167 median HH income
25.7% of the leader · rank #3
Gustavus · near
64,167
Gustavus · near
64,167 median HH income
25.7% of the leader · rank #4
Avoca · near
64,167
Avoca · near
64,167 median HH income
25.7% of the leader · rank #5
Damascus · near
64,167
Damascus · near
64,167 median HH income
25.7% of the leader · rank #6
Roslyn Estates · highest
250,001
Roslyn Estates · 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 Castleton-on-Hudson 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: 1,524.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Castleton-on-Hudson places in the 42nd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
42nd
percentile, household income
46th
percentile, home value
78th
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: Castleton-on-Hudson, NY
Castleton-on-Hudson is a small town in New York, home to 1,524 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Castleton-on-Hudson households earn a median of $64,167 annually, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 5.5%. Home values in Castleton-on-Hudson run a median of $210,800, and the median resident age is 42.0 years. Educational attainment runs 31.0% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 55.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 3 residential building permits were authorized in Castleton-on-Hudson (Low Activity), per Census BPS data.
New York carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 107.9 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,579 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts New York's average monthly utility costs around $285 (state average). On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 69.4 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Castleton-on-Hudson'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 housing and income to work and mobility to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Castleton-on-Hudson, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, 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 Castleton-on-Hudson?
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 York, the closest population matches are Morrisville (1,530 residents, $47,969 income); Roslyn Estates (1,536 residents, $250,000+ income); Jamesport (1,538 residents, $105,282 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Leadwood, MO (1,524 residents); Elmore, OH (1,524 residents); Ralls, TX (1,524 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Castleton-on-Hudson?
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 3.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Castleton-on-Hudson?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 67.3%. 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. 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 Castleton-on-Hudson growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -8 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -0.5% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 3 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
Below median income · poverty 5.5% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
107.9 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, New York average
D
City profile score · Castleton-on-Hudson, NY
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.
Poverty rate C+
5.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share C+
31.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income D
$64,167
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Cost of living F
107.9 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).
Castleton-on-Hudson profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 62/100 (C+) · 5.5%
Bachelor's+ share: 60/100 (C+) · 31.0%
Household income: 41/100 (D) · $64,167
Cost of living: 12/100 (F) · 107.9 index
How does Castleton-on-Hudson compare to other US cities?
Where Castleton-on-Hudson sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income42% higher than other cities
Home value46% pricier than other cities
Median rent78% 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 Castleton-on-Hudson against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to New York only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
New York-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Castleton-on-Hudson near the bottom of New York's cities
Among the 1,256 New York cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Castleton-on-Hudson ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Castleton-on-Hudson only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#854 of 1,205
29th percentile in New York
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,256
0th percentile in New York
Median Home Value
#648 of 1,202
46th percentile in New York
Poverty Rate
#548 of 1,246
55th percentile in New York
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#667 of 1,254
46th percentile in New York
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 York only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
42nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Castleton-on-Hudson's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$210,800Among the most affordablemore affordable than 54% 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
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#8,055 of 15,516
More affordable than 48% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#6,600 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.3×, Castleton-on-Hudson sits in the moderate band:
national rank #8,055 of 15,516 and #6,600 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
$64,167Castleton-on-Hudson, NY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Castleton-on-Hudson, NY median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Castleton-on-Hudson, NY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)31.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)55.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,524
Median Income
$64,167
Median Home Value
$210,800
Median Age
42.0
Poverty Rate
5.5%
Labor force participation
55.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
31.0%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Castleton-on-Hudson's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
1,471 residents
2021
1,469 residents
2022
1,459 residents
2023
1,460 residents
2024
1,461 residents
2025
1,463 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Low Activity
Total Permits (2024)
3
housing units authorized
Single-Family
3
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
2
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
0
0
0
-
2020
0
0
0
-
2021
2
2
0
$0.9M
2022
0
0
0
-
2023
0
0
0
-
2024
3
3
0
$4.6M
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
67.3%
Carpool
14.7%
Public Transit
1.5%
Walk
0.4%
Work from Home
15.8%
Based on 672 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
New York statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $285
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across New York at $285 (electricity about $130 , water and sewer about $65 ).
These are New York statewide averages, not a meter reading for Castleton-on-Hudson. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
New York's BEA cost-of-living index is 107.9 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Castleton-on-Hudson is $1,579/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to New York statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 69.4 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a New York statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Castleton-on-Hudson sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Castleton-on-Hudson compares to similar-size New York 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 BPS 2024, 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.