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SheetNY-CRAGSMOOR-NY · Cragsmoor, NY 542 pop · income 59th 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 Cragsmoor
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Cragsmoor on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Brushton · lowest
52,120
Brushton · lowest
52,120 median HH income
24.5% of the leader · rank #1
Appleton · near
77,450
Appleton · near
77,450 median HH income
36.3% of the leader · rank #2
Thatcher · near
77,455
Thatcher · near
77,455 median HH income
36.3% of the leader · rank #3
Country Club… · near
77,463
Country Club… · near
77,463 median HH income
36.4% of the leader · rank #4
Sartell · near
77,465
Sartell · near
77,465 median HH income
36.4% of the leader · rank #5
Cragsmoor · this city
77,467
Cragsmoor · this city
77,467 median HH income
36.4% of the leader · rank #6
Plum Valley · highest
213,084
Plum Valley · highest
213,084 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 Cragsmoor 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: 542.
Nationally, Cragsmoor sits in the 59th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
59th
percentile, household income
53rd
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: Cragsmoor, NY
New York's Cragsmoor is a small town, with 542 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in Cragsmoor report a median income of $77,467 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. Cragsmoor's housing stock carries a median value of $236,800, and the median resident age is 48.6 years. 24.7% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 72.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
New York carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts New York at 107.9 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Above Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,579 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in New York run around $285, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Workers in Cragsmoor report an average commute of 33.3 minutes, with 96.3% driving alone and 3.7% working from home. 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 Cragsmoor'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 Cragsmoor, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, local building permits, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Cragsmoor?
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 3.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 0.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Cragsmoor?
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 Cherry Valley (543 residents, $85,833 income); Fillmore (540 residents, $64,643 income); Odessa (540 residents, $81,333 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Lake Almanor Country Club, CA (542 residents); New Cuyama, CA (542 residents); Plum Valley, IL (542 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 Cragsmoor?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 96.3%. The reported mean trip to work is 33.3 minutes.
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.
Above median income · poverty 0.0% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
107.9 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, New York average
C
City profile score · Cragsmoor, NY
55/100
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 A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income C
$77,467
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share D
24.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; 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).
Cragsmoor profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Household income: 57/100 (C) · $77,467
Bachelor's+ share: 48/100 (D) · 24.7%
Cost of living: 12/100 (F) · 107.9 index
How does Cragsmoor compare to other US cities?
Where Cragsmoor sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income59% higher than other cities
Home value53% 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 Cragsmoor 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 Cragsmoor near the bottom of New York's cities
Among the 1,256 New York cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Cragsmoor ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Cragsmoor only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#664 of 1,205
45th percentile in New York
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,256
0th percentile in New York
Median Home Value
#592 of 1,202
51st percentile in New York
Poverty Rate
#1,032 of 1,246
0th percentile in New York
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#854 of 1,254
32nd 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
59th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Cragsmoor's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$236,80047th percentilemore affordable than 47% 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
Cragsmoor's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#6,984 of 15,516
More affordable than 55% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#5,861 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.1×, Cragsmoor sits in the moderate band:
national rank #6,984 of 15,516 and #5,861 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
$77,467Cragsmoor, NY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Cragsmoor, 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 Cragsmoor, NY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)24.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)72.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
542
Median Income
$77,467
Median Home Value
$236,800
Median Age
48.6
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
72.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
24.7%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
33.3 minutes
Drive Alone
96.3%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
3.7%
Based on 241 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 Cragsmoor. 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 Cragsmoor 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 Cragsmoor sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Cragsmoor 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 ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.