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SheetNY-EAST-ATLANTIC-BEACH-NY · East Atlantic Beach, NY 1,892 pop · income 94th 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 East Atlantic Beach
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest East Atlantic Beach on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Salyersville · lowest
30,714
Salyersville · lowest
30,714 median HH income
12.3% of the leader · rank #1
Credit River · near
149,524
Credit River · near
149,524 median HH income
59.8% of the leader · rank #2
Eden · near
149,539
Eden · near
149,539 median HH income
59.8% of the leader · rank #3
East Atlantic… · this city
149,559
East Atlantic… · this city
149,559 median HH income
59.8% of the leader · rank #4
Morris Plains · near
149,623
Morris Plains · near
149,623 median HH income
59.8% of the leader · rank #5
Rosedale · near
149,632
Rosedale · near
149,632 median HH income
59.9% of the leader · rank #6
Laurel Hollow · highest
250,001
Laurel Hollow · 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 East Atlantic Beach 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: 1,892.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, East Atlantic Beach lands in the 94th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
94th
percentile, household income
95th
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: East Atlantic Beach, NY
1,892 people live in East Atlantic Beach, New York - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in East Atlantic Beach brings in $149,559 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 2.9%. Typical homes in East Atlantic Beach are valued around $813,000, and the median resident age is 49.4 years. 61.8% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 67.9% 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). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,579 per month statewide. 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 East Atlantic Beach'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 East Atlantic Beach, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in East Atlantic Beach?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.9%, 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. 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for East Atlantic Beach?
Within New York, the closest population matches are Fallsburg (1,891 residents); Macedon (1,885 residents, $72,843 income); St. Johnsville (1,882 residents, $49,211 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Brandon, VT (1,892 residents); Salyersville, KY (1,891 residents); South Rockwood, MI (1,891 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.
What does the journey to work look like in East Atlantic Beach?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 63.3%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
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 A+
$149,559
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A+
61.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate B+
2.9%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
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).
East Atlantic Beach profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 96/100 (A+) · $149,559
Bachelor's+ share: 93/100 (A+) · 61.8%
Poverty rate: 79/100 (B+) · 2.9%
Cost of living: 12/100 (F) · 107.9 index
How does East Atlantic Beach compare to other US cities?
Here's how East Atlantic Beach stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income94% higher than other cities
Home value95% 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 East Atlantic Beach 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 East Atlantic Beach near the bottom of New York's cities
Among the 1,256 New York cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, East Atlantic Beach ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares East Atlantic Beach only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#171 of 1,205
86th percentile in New York
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,256
0th percentile in New York
Median Home Value
#128 of 1,202
89th percentile in New York
Poverty Rate
#785 of 1,246
36th percentile in New York
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#174 of 1,254
86th 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
94th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How East Atlantic Beach's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$813,0005th percentilemore affordable than 5% 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
East Atlantic Beach's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,493 of 15,516
More affordable than 13% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,103 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 5.4×, East Atlantic Beach sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,493 of 15,516 and #10,103 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
$149,559East Atlantic Beach, NY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context East Atlantic Beach, 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 East Atlantic Beach, NY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)61.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)67.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,892
Median Income
$149,559
Median Home Value
$813,000
Median Age
49.4
Poverty Rate
2.9%
Labor force participation
67.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
61.8%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
63.3%
Carpool
6.7%
Public Transit
12.2%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
17.4%
Based on 1,067 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 East Atlantic Beach. 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 East Atlantic Beach 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 East Atlantic Beach sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How East Atlantic Beach 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.