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SheetNY-MONTAUK-NY · Montauk, NY 4,073 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 Montauk
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Montauk on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Medina · lowest
21,966
Medina · lowest
21,966 median HH income
14.6% of the leader · rank #1
Littleton Com… · near
129,347
Littleton Com… · near
129,347 median HH income
85.8% of the leader · rank #2
Aspen Springs · near
129,349
Aspen Springs · near
129,349 median HH income
85.8% of the leader · rank #3
Montauk · this city
129,375
Montauk · this city
129,375 median HH income
85.9% of the leader · rank #4
Cary · near
129,399
Cary · near
129,399 median HH income
85.9% of the leader · rank #5
Lee Vining · near
129,407
Lee Vining · near
129,407 median HH income
85.9% of the leader · rank #6
Garden City S… · highest
150,688
Garden City S… · highest
150,688 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 Montauk 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: 4,073.
Montauk ranks in the 90th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
90th
percentile, household income
98th
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: Montauk, NY
4,073 people live in Montauk, New York - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Montauk report a median income of $129,375 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 2.5%. Montauk's housing stock carries a median value of $1,186,400, and the median resident age is 51.2 years. 48.9% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 60.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
NOAA climate normals record an annual average temperature of 53.0°F with 44.3 inches of precipitation per year.
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. Monthly utility costs average around $285 across New York, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. 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 Montauk'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 housing and income to work and mobility to climate and hazard context to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Montauk, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, 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 Montauk?
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 Garden City South (4,077 residents, $150,688 income); Herricks (4,077 residents, $145,000 income); Chester (4,052 residents, $97,250 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Medina, TX (4,073 residents); Hazlehurst, GA (4,072 residents); Marseilles, IL (4,071 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Montauk?
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 9.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Montauk?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 67.4%. 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.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 53.0°F, with 44.3 inches of precipitation. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for New York is 69.4 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
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 Montauk?
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 48.9% 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.
Poverty estimate
2.5%
Bachelor's degree+
48.9%
Matched public schools
1
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
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+
$129,375
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A-
48.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate A-
2.5%
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).
Montauk profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 90/100 (A+) · $129,375
Bachelor's+ share: 83/100 (A-) · 48.9%
Poverty rate: 82/100 (A-) · 2.5%
Cost of living: 12/100 (F) · 107.9 index
How does Montauk compare to other US cities?
Where Montauk sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income90% higher than other cities
Home value98% 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 Montauk 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 Montauk near the bottom of New York's cities
Among the 1,256 New York cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Montauk ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Montauk only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#268 of 1,205
78th percentile in New York
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,256
0th percentile in New York
Median Home Value
#58 of 1,202
95th percentile in New York
Poverty Rate
#831 of 1,246
33rd percentile in New York
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#337 of 1,254
73rd 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. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Montauk's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$1,186,4002nd percentilemore affordable than 2% 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
Montauk's home-value-to-income ratio: 9.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#15,267 of 15,516
More affordable than 2% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#11,169 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 9.2×, Montauk sits in the pressured band:
national rank #15,267 of 15,516 and #11,169 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
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
$129,375Montauk, NY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Montauk, 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 Montauk, NY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)48.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)60.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
4,073
Median Income
$129,375
Median Home Value
$1,186,400
Median Age
51.2
Poverty Rate
2.5%
Labor force participation
60.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
48.9%
Climate
Avg Temperature
53.0°F
Annual Precipitation
44.3"
Annual Snowfall
N/A
Schools
Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
67.4%
Carpool
3.1%
Public Transit
4.7%
Walk
2.4%
Work from Home
20.0%
Other
2.4%
Based on 1,999 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 Montauk. 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 Montauk 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 Montauk sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Montauk 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, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, 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.