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SheetNY-LONG-BEACH-NY · Long Beach, NY 34,741 pop · income 90th 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 Long Beach
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Long Beach on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Del Rio · lowest
59,588
Del Rio · lowest
59,588 median HH income
34.2% of the leader · rank #1
East Verde Es… · near
130,789
East Verde Es… · near
130,789 median HH income
75.0% of the leader · rank #2
Fair Lakes · near
130,789
Fair Lakes · near
130,789 median HH income
75.0% of the leader · rank #3
Long Beach · this city
130,795
Long Beach · this city
130,795 median HH income
75.0% of the leader · rank #4
Coral Gables · near
130,803
Coral Gables · near
130,803 median HH income
75.0% of the leader · rank #5
St. Michael · near
130,814
St. Michael · near
130,814 median HH income
75.0% of the leader · rank #6
New · highest
174,479
New · highest
174,479 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, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Long Beach on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. 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: 34,741.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Long Beach - the verdict
Nationally, Long Beach sits in the 90th percentile for household income and the 96th percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
90th
percentile, household income
92nd
percentile, home value
78th
percentile, median rent
96th
percentile, safety
📝 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: Long Beach, NY
New York's Long Beach is a small city, with 34,741 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in Long Beach report a median income of $130,795 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 4.3%. Long Beach's housing stock carries a median value of $661,500, and the median resident age is 45.8 years. 51.7% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 65.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 18 residential building permits were authorized in Long Beach (Growing), up 6% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Long Beach reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 182.5 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
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. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,579 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts New York's average monthly utility costs around $285 (state average). Workers in Long Beach report an average commute of 35.5 minutes, with 60.9% driving alone and 14.9% 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 Long Beach'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 to population change to reported crime to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Long Beach, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count, annual population history, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; 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 Long Beach?
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 60.9%. The reported mean trip to work is 35.5 minutes.
Which cities make useful reference points for Long Beach?
Within New York, the closest population matches are New (34,133 residents, $174,479 income); East Meadow (35,806 residents, $128,770 income); Uniondale (33,637 residents, $115,037 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Merritt Island, FL (34,718 residents); Randolph, MA (34,683 residents); University City, MO (34,655 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. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
How far does income reach against housing in Long Beach?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.3%, 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. 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.
Is Long Beach growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +114 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +0.3% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 18 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Long Beach?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 182.5 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 92% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
104.3
Violent rate
78.2
Total reported rate
182.5
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
What does the education layer cover for Long Beach?
The NCES join finds 6 public schools within the city match. 51.7% 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 city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
6
Bachelor's degree+
51.7%
Poverty estimate
4.3%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Top-decile income · poverty 4.3% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
107.9 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, New York average
B-
City profile score · Long Beach, NY
67/100
5 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.
Household income A+
$130,795
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A
51.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime B+
78 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate B
4.3%
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.
Long Beach profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 90/100 (A+) · $130,795
Bachelor's+ share: 85/100 (A) · 51.7%
Violent crime: 76/100 (B+) · 78 /100k
Poverty rate: 70/100 (B) · 4.3%
Cost of living: 12/100 (F) · 107.9 index
Where Long Beach sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Long Beach's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Long Beach highlighted among 26 peers.Read the chart values
Long Beach, NY (this city): home $661,500, crime 183/100k
Randolph, MA : home $463,500, crime 1,135/100k
University City, MO : home $285,100, crime 1,873/100k
Northbrook, IL : home $644,100, crime 1,226/100k
Del Rio, TX : home $143,200, crime 1,454/100k
University Place, WA : home $578,100, crime 2,160/100k
New York, NY : home $751,700, crime 3,039/100k
Los Angeles, CA : home $879,500, crime 2,212/100k
Chicago, IL : home $315,200, crime 4,012/100k
Houston, TX : home $253,400, crime 5,442/100k
Phoenix, AZ : home $381,900, crime 3,125/100k
Philadelphia, PA : home $232,400, crime 5,457/100k
San Antonio, TX : home $219,700, crime 5,218/100k
San Diego, CA : home $848,500, crime 2,082/100k
Dallas, TX : home $295,300, crime 4,010/100k
San Jose, CA : home $1,187,800, crime 3,195/100k
Austin, TX : home $512,700, crime 3,709/100k
Fort Worth, TX : home $277,300, crime 3,158/100k
Columbus, OH : home $234,500, crime 3,088/100k
Indianapolis, IN : home $207,000, crime 4,214/100k
San Francisco, CA : home $1,380,500, crime 4,526/100k
Seattle, WA : home $912,100, crime 5,783/100k
Denver, CO : home $586,700, crime 5,755/100k
Oklahoma City, OK : home $215,100, crime 3,570/100k
El Paso, TX : home $171,700, crime 1,772/100k
Washington, DC : home $724,600, crime 4,514/100k
How does Long Beach compare to other US cities?
Here's how Long Beach stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income90% higher than other cities
Home value92% pricier than other cities
Median rent78% pricier than other cities
Safety96% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to New York alone, Long Beach ranks #3 of 55 New York cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Long Beach 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 Long Beach near the bottom of New York's cities
Among the 1,256 New York cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Long Beach ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Long Beach only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#259 of 1,205
79th percentile in New York
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,256
0th percentile in New York
Median Home Value
#190 of 1,202
84th percentile in New York
Poverty Rate
#642 of 1,246
48th percentile in New York
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#295 of 1,254
76th 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
90th percentile nationally for median household income · 96th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Long Beach's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Long Beach's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Long Beach's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$661,5008th percentilemore affordable than 8% 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
Long Beach's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#12,995 of 15,516
More affordable than 16% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,640 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 5.1×, Long Beach sits in the pressured band:
national rank #12,995 of 15,516 and #2,640 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
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
$130,795Long Beach, NY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Long Beach, 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 Long Beach, NY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)51.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)65.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
34,741
Median Income
$130,795
Median Home Value
$661,500
Median Age
45.8
Poverty Rate
4.3%
Labor force participation
65.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
51.7%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
182.5
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
78.2
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
104.3
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
6
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Long Beach's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
34,804 residents
2021
34,806 residents
2022
34,734 residents
2023
34,770 residents
2024
34,907 residents
2025
34,918 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Growing
Total Permits (2024)
18
housing units authorized
Single-Family
18
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.5
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
17
17
0
$3.4M
2020
19
19
0
$3.8M
2021
21
21
0
$4.2M
2022
19
14
5
$4.9M
2023
9
9
0
$1.6M
2024
18
18
0
$4.2M
Permit volume increased 6% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
35.5 minutes
Drive Alone
60.9%
Carpool
2.9%
Public Transit
15.7%
Walk
3.2%
Work from Home
14.9%
Other
2.4%
Based on 19,579 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 Long Beach. 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 Long Beach 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 Long Beach sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Long Beach 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, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, 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.