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Fallsburg, NY

Fallsburg's Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

1,891
Residents
$1,579
Median rent (state)
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Sheet NY-FALLSBURG-NY · Fallsburg, NY 1,891 pop

POP-VILLAGE · INC-UNK · COL-ABOVE · SAFE-UNK · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · HOME-UNK · BOOK-UNK

  • POP-VILLAGE 1,891
  • INC-UNK Income pending
  • COL-ABOVE 107.9
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • HOME-UNK Homes pending
  • BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

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.

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Nationwide peers by population, income

Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Fallsburg 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: 1,891.

4 peers

Fallsburg - the verdict

Fallsburg has 1,891 residents in New York. Source: Census ACS.

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: Fallsburg, NY

1,891 people live in Fallsburg, New York - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The median resident age is 38.8 years. Educational attainment runs 10.9% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 13.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.

The city is served by 2 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.

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. Monthly utility costs average around $285 across New York, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. The average commute for Fallsburg workers runs 6.4 minutes, with 34.4% driving alone and 24.0% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 69.4 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).

A decision-led reading path

Useful questions to ask of Fallsburg'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 work and mobility to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.

For Fallsburg, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count. No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.

Question 1

Which cities make useful reference points for Fallsburg?

Within New York, the closest population matches are East Atlantic Beach (1,892 residents, $149,559 income); 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 Salyersville, KY (1,891 residents); South Rockwood, MI (1,891 residents); Victory Gardens, NJ (1,891 residents). 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.

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2. Work and mobility

What does the journey to work look like in Fallsburg?

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.

Walking is the largest reported mode at 41.6%. The reported mean trip to work is 6.4 minutes.

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Question 3

What does the education layer cover for Fallsburg?

The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 10.9% 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.

The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.

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Population

1,891 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

N/A /yr

Poverty 78.5%

Cost of Living Index (state)

107.9 (US=100)

High cost · BEA RPP 2024, New York average

City profile score · Fallsburg, NY

7/100

3 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.

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.

Bachelor's+ share F
10.9%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.

Poverty rate F
78.5%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.

Household income N/A
N/A

No ACS median household income on file for this place.

Violent crime N/A
N/A

No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).

Fallsburg profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions) 3-axis radar comparing 1 series across Cost of living, Bachelor's+ share, Poverty rate. Cost of livingBachelor's+ sharePoverty rate 7 F
Fallsburg profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)
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  • Cost of living: 12/100 (F) · 107.9 index
  • Bachelor's+ share: 9/100 (F) · 10.9%
  • Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 78.5%

How does Fallsburg compare to other US cities?

Fallsburg measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.

Median rent 78% 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 Fallsburg 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 Fallsburg near the bottom of New York's cities

Among the 1,256 New York cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Fallsburg ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Fallsburg only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.

Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,256
0th percentile in New York
Poverty Rate
#2 of 1,246
100th percentile in New York
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1,202 of 1,254
4th 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.

Income distribution context

Median household income is not available for Fallsburg in the current Census ACS release (common for very small places).

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 10.9%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 78.5%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 13.4%

Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force

Population
1,891
Median Income
N/A
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
38.8
Poverty Rate
78.5%
Labor force participation
13.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
10.9%

Schools

Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Average Commute Time
6.4 minutes
Drive Alone
34.4%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
41.6%
Work from Home
24.0%

Based on 221 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 Fallsburg. 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 Fallsburg 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 Fallsburg sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.

How Fallsburg 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.

City Population Median Household Income
Fallsburg (this city) 1,891 N/A
East Atlantic Beach 1,892 $149,559
Macedon 1,885 $72,843
St. Johnsville 1,882 $49,211
NCES CCD
Primary sources on this page

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Citation & verification links Data sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCities

Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES. Joins use OMB Bulletin 23-01 / FIPS keys.

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