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SheetNY-FIRTHCLIFFE-NY · Firthcliffe, NY 5,268 pop · income 77th 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 Firthcliffe
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Firthcliffe on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Mechanicville · lowest
47,331
Mechanicville · lowest
47,331 median HH income
25.8% of the leader · rank #1
Boiling Sprin… · near
98,796
Boiling Sprin… · near
98,796 median HH income
53.9% of the leader · rank #2
Dixon · near
98,798
Dixon · near
98,798 median HH income
53.9% of the leader · rank #3
Firthcliffe · this city
98,801
Firthcliffe · this city
98,801 median HH income
53.9% of the leader · rank #4
Grantville · near
98,802
Grantville · near
98,802 median HH income
53.9% of the leader · rank #5
Bloomsdale · near
98,807
Bloomsdale · near
98,807 median HH income
53.9% of the leader · rank #6
West Hills · highest
183,375
West Hills · highest
183,375 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 Firthcliffe 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: 5,268.
Firthcliffe ranks in the 77th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
77th
percentile, household income
71st
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: Firthcliffe, NY
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 5,268 residents in Firthcliffe, a small town within New York. Households in Firthcliffe report a median income of $98,801 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 3.9%. Typical homes in Firthcliffe are valued around $345,700, and the median resident age is 42.7 years. 53.0% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 59.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
New York carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 107.9 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. 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. 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 Firthcliffe'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 comparison shortlist to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Firthcliffe, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Firthcliffe?
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 73.1%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for Firthcliffe?
Within New York, the closest population matches are Wheatley Heights (5,266 residents, $127,589 income); Westvale (5,293 residents, $101,326 income); Islip Terrace (5,223 residents, $155,741 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Peppermill, MD (5,268 residents); Lehighton, PA (5,268 residents); Medina, TN (5,268 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Firthcliffe?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.9%, 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. 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.
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
53.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income B+
$98,801
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate B
3.9%
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).
Firthcliffe profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 86/100 (A) · 53.0%
Household income: 76/100 (B+) · $98,801
Poverty rate: 72/100 (B) · 3.9%
Cost of living: 12/100 (F) · 107.9 index
How does Firthcliffe compare to other US cities?
Where Firthcliffe sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income77% higher than other cities
Home value71% 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 Firthcliffe 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 Firthcliffe near the bottom of New York's cities
Among the 1,256 New York cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Firthcliffe ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Firthcliffe only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#453 of 1,205
62nd percentile in New York
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,256
0th percentile in New York
Median Home Value
#444 of 1,202
63rd percentile in New York
Poverty Rate
#676 of 1,246
45th percentile in New York
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#273 of 1,254
78th 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
77th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Firthcliffe's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$345,70029th percentilemore affordable than 29% 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
Firthcliffe's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#8,960 of 15,516
More affordable than 42% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#7,232 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.5×, Firthcliffe sits in the moderate band:
national rank #8,960 of 15,516 and #7,232 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
$98,801Firthcliffe, NY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Firthcliffe, 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 Firthcliffe, NY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)53.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)59.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
5,268
Median Income
$98,801
Median Home Value
$345,700
Median Age
42.7
Poverty Rate
3.9%
Labor force participation
59.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
53.0%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
73.1%
Carpool
11.1%
Public Transit
2.4%
Walk
1.4%
Work from Home
8.4%
Other
3.6%
Based on 2,533 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 Firthcliffe. 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 Firthcliffe 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 Firthcliffe sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Firthcliffe 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.