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SheetNY-KAUNEONGA-LAKE-NY · Kauneonga Lake, NY 507 pop · income 96th 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 Kauneonga Lake
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Kauneonga Lake on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Phillipsburg · lowest
23,438
Phillipsburg · lowest
23,438 median HH income
11.1% of the leader · rank #1
Grand View Es… · near
170,375
Grand View Es… · near
170,375 median HH income
80.7% of the leader · rank #2
San Anselmo · near
170,457
San Anselmo · near
170,457 median HH income
80.8% of the leader · rank #3
Kauneonga Lake · this city
170,524
Kauneonga Lake · this city
170,524 median HH income
80.8% of the leader · rank #4
Middletown · near
170,605
Middletown · near
170,605 median HH income
80.8% of the leader · rank #5
Chugcreek · near
170,625
Chugcreek · near
170,625 median HH income
80.8% of the leader · rank #6
Pleasant Vall… · highest
211,071
Pleasant Vall… · highest
211,071 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 Kauneonga Lake 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: 507.
Kauneonga Lake ranks in the 96th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
96th
percentile, household income
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: Kauneonga Lake, NY
Kauneonga Lake is a small town in New York, home to 507 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Kauneonga Lake brings in $170,524 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 14.6%. The median resident age is 35.3 years. Educational attainment runs 19.3% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 68.2% 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). 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 Kauneonga Lake'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; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Kauneonga Lake, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Kauneonga Lake?
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 Bridgewater (507 residents, $35,755 income); Cadyville (509 residents, $82,250 income); Schenevus (505 residents, $65,417 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Pleasant Valley, AK (507 residents); Grannis, AR (507 residents); Bell, FL (507 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Kauneonga Lake?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 50.6%. 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.
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+
$170,524
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
19.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
14.6%
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).
Kauneonga Lake profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 100/100 (A+) · $170,524
Bachelor's+ share: 32/100 (F) · 19.3%
Poverty rate: 23/100 (F) · 14.6%
Cost of living: 12/100 (F) · 107.9 index
How does Kauneonga Lake compare to other US cities?
Kauneonga Lake measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income96% higher 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 Kauneonga Lake 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 Kauneonga Lake near the bottom of New York's cities
Among the 1,256 New York cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Kauneonga Lake ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Kauneonga Lake only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#114 of 1,205
91st percentile in New York
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,256
0th percentile in New York
Poverty Rate
#184 of 1,246
85th percentile in New York
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1,025 of 1,254
18th 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
96th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$170,524Kauneonga Lake, NY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Kauneonga Lake, 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 Kauneonga Lake, NY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)19.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)14.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)68.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
507
Median Income
$170,524
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
35.3
Poverty Rate
14.6%
Labor force participation
68.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
19.3%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
50.6%
Carpool
24.7%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
24.7%
Based on 247 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 Kauneonga Lake. 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 Kauneonga Lake 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 Kauneonga Lake sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Kauneonga Lake 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.