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SheetNY-CROGHAN-NY · Croghan, NY 642 pop · income 19th 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 Croghan
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Croghan on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Tortugas · lowest
29,096
Tortugas · lowest
29,096 median HH income
22.8% of the leader · rank #1
Croghan · this city
49,583
Croghan · this city
49,583 median HH income
38.8% of the leader · rank #2
Standard City · near
49,583
Standard City · near
49,583 median HH income
38.8% of the leader · rank #3
Baldwin · near
49,583
Baldwin · near
49,583 median HH income
38.8% of the leader · rank #4
Snow Hill · near
49,583
Snow Hill · near
49,583 median HH income
38.8% of the leader · rank #5
Barnum · near
49,583
Barnum · near
49,583 median HH income
38.8% of the leader · rank #6
Willsboro Poi… · highest
127,658
Willsboro Poi… · highest
127,658 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 Croghan 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: 642.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Croghan lands in the 19th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
19th
percentile, household income
25th
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: Croghan, NY
Croghan is a small town in New York, home to 642 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $49,583 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 15.2%. Croghan's housing stock carries a median value of $145,500, and the median resident age is 39.1 years. About 20.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 54.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
New York carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, New York scores 107.9 (Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. 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 Croghan report an average commute of 22.7 minutes, with 69.6% driving alone and 5.8% working from home. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 69.4 out of 100 (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Croghan'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 population change to housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Croghan, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Croghan?
Within New York, the closest population matches are Scio (641 residents); Chaumont (640 residents, $73,750 income); Star Lake (640 residents, $59,286 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are West Point, CA (642 residents); Mangham, LA (642 residents); Palmyra, NE (642 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.
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.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -5 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -0.8% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
How far does income reach against housing in Croghan?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 15.2%, 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. 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Croghan?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 69.6%. The reported mean trip to work is 22.7 minutes.
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 F
20.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
15.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$49,583
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).
Croghan profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 34/100 (F) · 20.0%
Poverty rate: 22/100 (F) · 15.2%
Household income: 20/100 (F) · $49,583
Cost of living: 12/100 (F) · 107.9 index
How does Croghan compare to other US cities?
Here's how Croghan stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income19% higher than other cities
Home value25% 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 Croghan 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 Croghan near the bottom of New York's cities
Among the 1,256 New York cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Croghan ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Croghan only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#1,093 of 1,205
9th percentile in New York
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,256
0th percentile in New York
Median Home Value
#889 of 1,202
26th percentile in New York
Poverty Rate
#175 of 1,246
86th percentile in New York
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1,002 of 1,254
20th 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
19th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Croghan's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$145,500Among the most affordablemore affordable than 75% 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
Croghan's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#6,336 of 15,516
More affordable than 59% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#5,403 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.9×, Croghan sits in the affordable band:
national rank #6,336 of 15,516 and #5,403 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
$49,583Croghan, NY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Croghan, 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 Croghan, NY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)20.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)15.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)54.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
642
Median Income
$49,583
Median Home Value
$145,500
Median Age
39.1
Poverty Rate
15.2%
Labor force participation
54.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
20.0%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Croghan's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
637 residents
2021
642 residents
2022
638 residents
2023
635 residents
2024
636 residents
2025
632 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
22.7 minutes
Drive Alone
69.6%
Carpool
10.5%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
10.1%
Work from Home
5.8%
Other
4.0%
Based on 257 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 Croghan. 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 Croghan 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 Croghan sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Croghan 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.