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SheetNY-MONTEBELLO-NY · Montebello, NY 4,649 pop · income 94th 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 Montebello
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Montebello on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Mansfield · lowest
33,726
Mansfield · lowest
33,726 median HH income
22.3% of the leader · rank #1
Redwood City · near
150,840
Redwood City · near
150,840 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #2
Montebello · this city
150,882
Montebello · this city
150,882 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #3
Third Lake · near
150,893
Third Lake · near
150,893 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #4
Naperville · near
150,937
Naperville · near
150,937 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
Glenview Hills · highest
150,938
Glenview Hills · highest
150,938 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
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 Montebello 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: 4,649.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Montebello lands in the 94th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
94th
percentile, household income
93rd
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: Montebello, NY
New York's Montebello is a small town, with 4,649 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $150,882 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 6.4%. Typical homes in Montebello are valued around $714,600, and the median resident age is 36.6 years. About 61.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 59.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 1 residential building permits were authorized in Montebello (Stable), up 0% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data.
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. 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. 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 Montebello'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 housing and income to comparison shortlist to work and mobility to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Montebello, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, local building permits, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Montebello?
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 4.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 6.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Montebello?
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 Manlius (4,657 residents, $66,714 income); Alfred (4,632 residents, $45,357 income); Blue Point (4,622 residents, $148,684 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Mount Ephraim, NJ (4,648 residents); Florence, MS (4,647 residents); Mansfield, LA (4,653 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 Montebello?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 70.7%. 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. 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.
Is Montebello growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +178 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +3.8% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 1 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
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.
Top-decile income · poverty 6.4% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
107.9 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, New York average
C+
City profile score · Montebello, NY
64/100
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+
$150,882
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A+
61.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate C
6.4%
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).
Montebello profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 96/100 (A+) · $150,882
Bachelor's+ share: 92/100 (A+) · 61.0%
Poverty rate: 56/100 (C) · 6.4%
Cost of living: 12/100 (F) · 107.9 index
How does Montebello compare to other US cities?
Montebello measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income94% higher than other cities
Home value93% 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 Montebello 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 Montebello near the bottom of New York's cities
Among the 1,256 New York cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Montebello ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Montebello only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#165 of 1,205
86th percentile in New York
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,256
0th percentile in New York
Median Home Value
#159 of 1,202
87th percentile in New York
Poverty Rate
#485 of 1,246
61st percentile in New York
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#183 of 1,254
85th 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
94th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Montebello's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$714,6007th percentilemore affordable than 7% 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
Montebello's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#12,441 of 15,516
More affordable than 20% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,475 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.7×, Montebello sits in the moderate band:
national rank #12,441 of 15,516 and #9,475 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 ÷ 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
$150,882Montebello, NY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Montebello, 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 Montebello, NY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)61.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)59.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
4,649
Median Income
$150,882
Median Home Value
$714,600
Median Age
36.6
Poverty Rate
6.4%
Labor force participation
59.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
61.0%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Montebello's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
4,650 residents
2021
4,662 residents
2022
4,668 residents
2023
4,705 residents
2024
4,813 residents
2025
4,828 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Stable
Total Permits (2024)
1
housing units authorized
Single-Family
1
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.2
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
1
1
0
$0.3M
2020
1
1
0
$0.8M
2021
0
0
0
-
2022
1
1
0
$0.1M
2023
5
5
0
$5.0M
2024
1
1
0
$0.5M
Permit volume increased 0% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
70.7%
Carpool
7.9%
Public Transit
7.2%
Walk
0.9%
Work from Home
13.4%
Based on 2,067 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 Montebello. 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 Montebello 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 Montebello sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Montebello 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.