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SheetNY-LYNBROOK-NY · Lynbrook, NY 20,251 pop · income 92nd 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 Lynbrook
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Lynbrook on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Lennox · lowest
60,307
Lennox · lowest
60,307 median HH income
37.2% of the leader · rank #1
South Heart · near
138,780
South Heart · near
138,780 median HH income
85.6% of the leader · rank #2
Pimlico · near
138,833
Pimlico · near
138,833 median HH income
85.7% of the leader · rank #3
Poipu · near
138,864
Poipu · near
138,864 median HH income
85.7% of the leader · rank #4
Lynbrook · this city
138,866
Lynbrook · this city
138,866 median HH income
85.7% of the leader · rank #5
Ramtown · near
138,967
Ramtown · near
138,967 median HH income
85.7% of the leader · rank #6
Huntington · highest
162,066
Huntington · highest
162,066 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 Lynbrook 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: 20,251.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Lynbrook lands in the 92nd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
92nd
percentile, household income
89th
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: Lynbrook, NY
New York's Lynbrook is a small city, with 20,251 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $138,866 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 5.8%. Home values in Lynbrook run a median of $592,400, and the median resident age is 42.2 years. Educational attainment runs 43.9% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 63.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 17 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Building Boom), up 1600% from five years earlier.
New York carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, New York scores 107.9 (Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,579 monthly. 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).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Lynbrook'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 population change to work and mobility to comparison shortlist to housing and income to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Lynbrook, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, 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; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Population change
Is Lynbrook growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +415 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +2.0% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 17 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
What does the journey to work look like in Lynbrook?
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 53.2%. 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 Lynbrook?
Within New York, the closest population matches are East Massapequa (20,142 residents, $145,875 income); North Amityville (20,364 residents, $125,991 income); Huntington (20,117 residents, $162,066 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Morristown, NJ (20,256 residents); Westminster, MD (20,257 residents); Howard, WI (20,261 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 Lynbrook?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.8%, 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.
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.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Lynbrook?
The NCES join finds 7 public schools within the city match. 43.9% 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
7
Bachelor's degree+
43.9%
Poverty estimate
5.8%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Top-decile income · poverty 5.8% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
107.9 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, New York average
C+
City profile score · Lynbrook, NY
62/100
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.
Household income A+
$138,866
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share B+
43.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate C+
5.8%
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).
Lynbrook profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 93/100 (A+) · $138,866
Bachelor's+ share: 78/100 (B+) · 43.9%
Poverty rate: 60/100 (C+) · 5.8%
Cost of living: 12/100 (F) · 107.9 index
How does Lynbrook compare to other US cities?
Lynbrook measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income92% higher than other cities
Home value89% 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 Lynbrook 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 Lynbrook near the bottom of New York's cities
Among the 1,256 New York cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Lynbrook ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Lynbrook only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#215 of 1,205
82nd percentile in New York
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,256
0th percentile in New York
Median Home Value
#257 of 1,202
79th percentile in New York
Poverty Rate
#528 of 1,246
57th percentile in New York
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#415 of 1,254
67th 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
92nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Lynbrook's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$592,40011th percentilemore affordable than 11% 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
Lynbrook's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,435 of 15,516
More affordable than 26% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,194 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 4.3×, Lynbrook sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,435 of 15,516 and #2,194 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
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
$138,866Lynbrook, NY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Lynbrook, 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 Lynbrook, NY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)43.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)63.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
20,251
Median Income
$138,866
Median Home Value
$592,400
Median Age
42.2
Poverty Rate
5.8%
Labor force participation
63.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
43.9%
Schools
Total Schools
7
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Lynbrook's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
20,440 residents
2021
20,388 residents
2022
20,267 residents
2023
20,249 residents
2024
20,831 residents
2025
20,855 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
17
housing units authorized
Single-Family
1
detached homes
Multifamily
16
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.8
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
1
1
0
$0.4M
2020
0
0
0
-
2021
2
2
0
$0.8M
2022
3
3
0
$1.1M
2023
201
0
201
$32.4M
2024
17
1
16
$2.6M
Permit volume increased 1600% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
53.2%
Carpool
8.1%
Public Transit
15.3%
Walk
5.8%
Work from Home
15.3%
Other
2.3%
Based on 9,921 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 Lynbrook. 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 Lynbrook 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 Lynbrook sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Lynbrook 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, 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.