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Place dossier plate
SheetNY-KINDERHOOK-NY Β· Kinderhook, NY 1,201 pop Β· income 70th 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 Kinderhook
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Kinderhook on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Eclectic Β· lowest
49,250
Eclectic Β· lowest
49,250 median HH income
33.9% of the leader Β· rank #1
Kinderhook Β· this city
88,438
Kinderhook Β· this city
88,438 median HH income
60.8% of the leader Β· rank #2
New Germany Β· near
88,438
New Germany Β· near
88,438 median HH income
60.8% of the leader Β· rank #3
Alamance Β· near
88,438
Alamance Β· near
88,438 median HH income
60.8% of the leader Β· rank #4
Bakersfield Β· near
88,438
Bakersfield Β· near
88,438 median HH income
60.8% of the leader Β· rank #5
Paddock Lake Β· near
88,438
Paddock Lake Β· near
88,438 median HH income
60.8% of the leader Β· rank #6
Bay Head Β· highest
145,417
Bay Head Β· highest
145,417 median HH income
100.0% of the leader Β· 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 Kinderhook 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: 1,201.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Kinderhook lands in the 70th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
70th
percentile, household income
72nd
percentile, home value
78th
percentile, median rent
π 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: Kinderhook, NY
New York's Kinderhook is a small town, with 1,201 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $88,438 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 3.2%. Typical homes in Kinderhook are valued around $349,600, and the median resident age is 54.8 years. About 50.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 49.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 0 residential units were authorized in 2024 (No Permits), down 100% from five years earlier.
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). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,579 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in New York run around $285, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 69.4 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Kinderhook'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 population change 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 Kinderhook, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, commute-mode shares, local building permits.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count; 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 Kinderhook?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 52.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Is Kinderhook growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -39 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -3.3% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 0 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
How far does income reach against housing in Kinderhook?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 4.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.2%, 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Kinderhook?
Within New York, the closest population matches are Bergen (1,203 residents, $80,521 income); Pine Plains (1,203 residents, $76,420 income); North Collins (1,198 residents, $58,750 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Eclectic, AL (1,201 residents); Salamatof, AK (1,201 residents); Elkhorn, CA (1,201 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.
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-
50.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate B+
3.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income B-
$88,438
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop β₯1,000); ACS.
Cost of living F
107.9 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 β 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).
Kinderhook profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 84/100 (A-) Β· 50.2%
Poverty rate: 77/100 (B+) Β· 3.2%
Household income: 68/100 (B-) Β· $88,438
Cost of living: 12/100 (F) Β· 107.9 index
How does Kinderhook compare to other US cities?
Kinderhook measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income70% higher than other cities
Home value72% 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 Kinderhook 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 Kinderhook near the bottom of New York's cities
Among the 1,256 New York cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Kinderhook ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Kinderhook only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#528 of 1,205
56th percentile in New York
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,256
0th percentile in New York
Median Home Value
#439 of 1,202
63rd percentile in New York
Poverty Rate
#752 of 1,246
39th percentile in New York
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#312 of 1,254
75th 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
70th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Kinderhook's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$349,60028th percentilemore affordable than 28% 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 Β· 2023
Kinderhook's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.0Γ
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0β5.0Γ
National rank
#10,566 of 15,516
More affordable than 32% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,280 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.0Γ, Kinderhook sits in the moderate band:
national rank #10,566 of 15,516 and #8,280 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 Γ· median household income for cities with both fields and population β₯ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0β5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$88,438Kinderhook, NY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Kinderhook, 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 Kinderhook, NY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)50.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)49.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,201
Median Income
$88,438
Median Home Value
$349,600
Median Age
54.8
Poverty Rate
3.2%
Labor force participation
49.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
50.2%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020β2025
Kinderhook's Census PEP population estimates, 2020β2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
1,173 residents
2021
1,181 residents
2022
1,163 residents
2023
1,151 residents
2024
1,145 residents
2025
1,134 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
Total Permits (2024)
0
housing units authorized
Single-Family
0
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
5-Year Permit Trend (2019β2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
1
1
0
$0.2M
2020
1
1
0
$0.2M
2021
1
1
0
$0.2M
2022
2
2
0
$0.6M
2023
1
1
0
$0.6M
2024
0
0
0
-
Permit volume decreased 100% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
52.5%
Carpool
3.6%
Public Transit
0.6%
Walk
5.9%
Work from Home
32.2%
Other
5.2%
Based on 528 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 Kinderhook. 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 Kinderhook 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 Kinderhook sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Kinderhook 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 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.