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Place dossier plate
SheetNY-NAPEAGUE-NY · Napeague, NY 197 pop · income 67th 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 Napeague
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Napeague on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Waresboro · lowest
33,616
Waresboro · lowest
33,616 median HH income
27.9% of the leader · rank #1
Stafford · near
85,910
Stafford · near
85,910 median HH income
71.3% of the leader · rank #2
Napeague · this city
85,912
Napeague · this city
85,912 median HH income
71.3% of the leader · rank #3
Breezy Point · near
85,913
Breezy Point · near
85,913 median HH income
71.3% of the leader · rank #4
Rosemont · near
85,913
Rosemont · near
85,913 median HH income
71.3% of the leader · rank #5
Rush Valley · near
85,917
Rush Valley · near
85,917 median HH income
71.3% of the leader · rank #6
Mendes · highest
120,481
Mendes · highest
120,481 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 Napeague 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: 197.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Napeague places in the 67th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
67th
percentile, household income
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: Napeague, NY
197 people live in Napeague, New York - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Napeague brings in $85,912 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. The median resident age is 45.4 years. Educational attainment runs 64.0% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 75.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
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. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 69.4 out of 100 (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Napeague'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 work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Napeague, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, annual population history, 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.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Napeague?
Within New York, the closest population matches are South Ilion (198 residents, $100,481 income); Leeds (199 residents, $58,229 income); Blodgett Mills (193 residents, $61,094 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Spruce Pine, AL (197 residents); Fredonia (Biscoe), AR (197 residents); Perla, AR (197 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Napeague?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 91.3%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Above median income · poverty 0.0% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
107.9 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, New York average
B-
City profile score · Napeague, NY
66/100
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.
Poverty rate A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share A+
64.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income B-
$85,912
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
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).
Napeague profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Bachelor's+ share: 94/100 (A+) · 64.0%
Household income: 65/100 (B-) · $85,912
Cost of living: 12/100 (F) · 107.9 index
How does Napeague compare to other US cities?
Here's how Napeague stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income67% higher 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 Napeague 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 Napeague near the bottom of New York's cities
Among the 1,256 New York cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Napeague ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Napeague only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#553 of 1,205
54th percentile in New York
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,256
0th percentile in New York
Poverty Rate
#1,032 of 1,246
0th percentile in New York
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#155 of 1,254
88th 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
67th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$85,912Napeague, NY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Napeague, 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 Napeague, NY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)64.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)75.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
197
Median Income
$85,912
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
45.4
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
75.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
64.0%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
91.3%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
8.7%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 103 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 Napeague. 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 Napeague 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 Napeague sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Napeague 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 ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.