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Place dossier plate
SheetNY-EAST-HAMPTON-NY · East Hampton, NY 1,277 pop · income 85th 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 Hampton
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest East Hampton on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Monticello · lowest
28,920
Monticello · lowest
28,920 median HH income
25.3% of the leader · rank #1
Edgewood · near
114,342
Edgewood · near
114,342 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #2
East Hampton · this city
114,375
East Hampton · this city
114,375 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #3
Hanalei · near
114,375
Hanalei · near
114,375 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #4
Colfax · near
114,375
Colfax · near
114,375 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
Warner · near
114,375
Warner · near
114,375 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
Margate City · highest
114,417
Margate City · highest
114,417 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 Hampton 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: 1,277.
East Hampton ranks in the 85th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
85th
percentile, household income
99th
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 Hampton, NY
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 1,277 residents in East Hampton, a small town within New York. The typical household in East Hampton brings in $114,375 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 6.9%. Home values in East Hampton sit on the ACS top-code of $2,000,000+; the true median is at least that high and is not published exactly, and the median resident age is 57.9 years. 68.5% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 50.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 12 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 33% from five years earlier.
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. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,579 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $285 across New York, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. 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 East Hampton'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 schools and households to comparison shortlist to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For East Hampton, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, commute-mode shares, annual population history, local building permits.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; 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 East Hampton?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 50.5%. 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.
How far does income reach against housing in East Hampton?
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.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 17.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 6.9%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the education layer cover for East Hampton?
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 4 public schools within the city match. 68.5% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Which cities make useful reference points for East Hampton?
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 Union Springs (1,274 residents, $95,282 income); Verona (1,274 residents, $80,369 income); Bloomfield (1,281 residents, $79,167 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Littlerock, CA (1,277 residents); Monticello, MS (1,277 residents); Arrowhead Beach, NC (1,277 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.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Population change
Is East Hampton growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +72 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +4.9% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 12 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
2020 estimate
1,480
2025 estimate
1,552
Period change
+4.9%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Note: Census ACS censors the tails of median household income ($250,000+ / under $2,500) and median home value ($2,000,000+ / under $10,000).
Home value is shown as $2,000,000+ for the same reason.
C+
City profile score · East Hampton, NY
60/100
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.
Bachelor's+ share A+
68.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income A-
$114,375
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate C-
6.9%
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 Hampton profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 97/100 (A+) · 68.5%
Household income: 83/100 (A-) · $114,375
Poverty rate: 53/100 (C-) · 6.9%
Cost of living: 12/100 (F) · 107.9 index
How does East Hampton compare to other US cities?
Where East Hampton sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income85% higher than other cities
Home value99% 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 Hampton 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 Hampton near the bottom of New York's cities
Among the 1,256 New York cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, East Hampton ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares East Hampton only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#348 of 1,205
71st percentile in New York
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,256
0th percentile in New York
Median Home Value
#1 of 1,202
99th percentile in New York
Poverty Rate
#456 of 1,246
63rd percentile in New York
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#116 of 1,254
91st 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
85th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How East Hampton's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$2,000,000+1st percentilemore affordable than 1% 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 Hampton's home-value-to-income ratio: 17.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#15,504 of 15,516
More affordable than 0% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#11,313 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 17.5×, East Hampton sits in the pressured band:
national rank #15,504 of 15,516 and #11,313 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
$114,375East Hampton, NY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context East Hampton, 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 Hampton, NY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)68.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)50.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,277
Median Income
$114,375
Median Home Value
$2,000,000+
Median Age
57.9
Poverty Rate
6.9%
Labor force participation
50.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
68.5%
Schools
Total Schools
4
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
East Hampton's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
1,480 residents
2021
1,494 residents
2022
1,506 residents
2023
1,523 residents
2024
1,543 residents
2025
1,552 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
12
housing units authorized
Single-Family
12
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
9.4
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
18
18
0
$63.5M
2020
11
11
0
$45.6M
2021
22
22
0
$81.3M
2022
24
24
0
$83.3M
2023
15
15
0
$90.8M
2024
12
12
0
$32.5M
Permit volume decreased 33% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
50.5%
Carpool
4.6%
Public Transit
9.7%
Walk
12.9%
Work from Home
16.7%
Other
5.6%
Based on 588 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 Hampton. 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 Hampton 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 Hampton sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How East Hampton 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, NCES CCD, 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.