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High Falls, NY

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

624
Residents
$60,724
Median income
$285,200
Median home
$1,579
Median rent (state)
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Sheet NY-HIGH-FALLS-NY · High Falls, NY 624 pop · income 36th pct

POP-VILLAGE · INC-MID · COL-ABOVE · SAFE-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · HOME-MID · BOOK-UNK

  • POP-VILLAGE 624
  • INC-MID $60,724
  • COL-ABOVE 107.9
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-LOWER 36th
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Harrisonville
  • HOME-MID $285,200
  • BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Nearest income peer: Harrisonville, MO (+ $3 income $)

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 High Falls

Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest High Falls on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-08

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Nationwide peers by population, income

Out-of-state nearest neighbors for High Falls 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: 624.

4 peers

Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $60,724. Population peers are excluded.

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High Falls - the verdict

Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, High Falls lands in the 36th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.

36th
percentile, household income
62nd
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: High Falls, NY

High Falls is a small town in New York, home to 624 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in High Falls brings in $60,724 a year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 17.6%. Typical homes in High Falls are valued around $285,200, and the median resident age is 49.8 years. Educational attainment runs 49.6% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 58.4% 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).

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Useful questions to ask of High Falls'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 comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.

For High Falls, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares. No matched row is reported here for local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates; 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 High Falls?

Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 65.4%. 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.

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2. Housing and income

How far does income reach against housing in High Falls?

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 4.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 17.6%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.

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3. Comparison shortlist

Which cities make useful reference points for High Falls?

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 Forestville (625 residents); Richburg (623 residents, $40,000 income); Middleville (626 residents, $81,563 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Buena Vista, CA (624 residents); Melba, ID (624 residents); Everton, IN (624 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.

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Population

624 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

$60,724 /yr

Below median income · poverty 17.6% (High poverty)

Cost of Living Index (state)

107.9 (US=100)

High cost · BEA RPP 2024, New York average

City profile score · High Falls, NY

34/100

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-
49.6%

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

Household income F
$60,724

Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.

Poverty rate F
17.6%

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).

High Falls profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions) 4-axis radar comparing 1 series across Bachelor's+ share, Household income, Poverty rate, Cost of living. Bachelor's+ shareHousehold incomePoverty rateCost of living 34 F
High Falls profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)
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  • Bachelor's+ share: 83/100 (A-) · 49.6%
  • Household income: 36/100 (F) · $60,724
  • Poverty rate: 18/100 (F) · 17.6%
  • Cost of living: 12/100 (F) · 107.9 index

How does High Falls compare to other US cities?

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

Household income 36% higher than other cities
Home value 62% pricier than other cities
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 High Falls 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 High Falls near the bottom of New York's cities

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

Median Household Income
#914 of 1,205
24th percentile in New York
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,256
0th percentile in New York
Median Home Value
#516 of 1,202
57th percentile in New York
Poverty Rate
#123 of 1,246
90th percentile in New York
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#329 of 1,254
74th 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.

36thIncome percentile
Gauge source note

36th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

How High Falls's home value compares nationally

Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)

$285,200 38th percentile more affordable than 38% of 15,600 US cities

Show national distribution $0–$25,000: 5 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $25,000–$50,000: 54 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $50,000–$75,000: 352 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $75,000–$100,000: 1,086 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $100,000–$125,000: 1,516 US cities (10%). Below this entry. $125,000–$150,000: 1,170 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $150,000–$175,000: 1,278 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $175,000–$200,000: 1,229 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $200,000–$225,000: 1,035 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $225,000–$250,000: 976 US cities (6%). Below this entry. $250,000–$275,000: 754 US cities (5%). Below this entry. $275,000–$300,000: 712 US cities (5%). This entry sits in this band. $300,000–$325,000: 521 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $325,000–$350,000: 526 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $350,000–$375,000: 465 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $375,000–$400,000: 393 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $400,000–$425,000: 317 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $425,000–$450,000: 300 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $450,000–$475,000: 307 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $475,000–$500,000: 250 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $500,000–$525,000: 160 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $525,000–$550,000: 156 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $550,000–$575,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $575,000–$600,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $600,000–$625,000: 163 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $625,000–$650,000: 167 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $650,000–$675,000: 135 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $675,000–$700,000: 101 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $700,000–$725,000: 95 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $725,000–$750,000: 71 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $750,000–$775,000: 65 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $775,000–$800,000: 70 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $800,000–$825,000: 57 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $825,000–$850,000: 67 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $850,000–$875,000: 60 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $875,000–$900,000: 58 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $900,000–$925,000: 47 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $925,000–$950,000: 37 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $950,000–$975,000: 31 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $975,000–$1,000,000: 470 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $1,000,000–$1,025,000: 0 US cities (0%). Above this entry. High Falls $0 $1,025,000 every US city, bucketed by value

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

High Falls's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.7×

ACS median home value divided by median household income.

Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#12,379 of 15,516
More affordable than 20% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,434 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)

At 4.7×, High Falls sits in the moderate band: national rank #12,379 of 15,516 and #9,434 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

$60,724 High Falls, NY median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Household income distribution - High Falls, NY High Falls, NY's median household income ($60,724) against the U.S. national quintile-share pattern. The Lorenz curve and quintile bars are national context, not High Falls, NY-specific shares. $ Household Income Distribution High Falls, NY median $60,724/yr, vs. U.S. national quintile pattern QUINTILE SHARE OF AGGREGATE INCOME Lowest 20% 3.4% Second 20% 9.2% Middle 20% 15.1% Fourth 20% 23.2% Top 20% 49.1% LORENZ CURVE cumulative income vs. population 100% 0% 100% pop. 0%
High Falls, 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 High Falls, NY.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 49.6%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 17.6%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 58.4%

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

Population
624
Median Income
$60,724
Median Home Value
$285,200
Median Age
49.8
Poverty Rate
17.6%
Labor force participation
58.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
49.6%

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Drive Alone
65.4%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
7.8%
Work from Home
26.8%

Based on 269 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 High Falls. 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 High Falls 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 High Falls sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.

How High Falls 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
High Falls (this city) 624 $60,724
Forestville 625 N/A
Richburg 623 $40,000
Middleville 626 $81,563
Primary sources on this page

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.

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