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Place dossier plate
SheetNY-NEWBURGH-NY · Newburgh, NY 28,649 pop · income 21st pct · 24 tracts
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 Newburgh
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Newburgh on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Danville · lowest
44,239
Danville · lowest
44,239 median HH income
28.9% of the leader · rank #1
Briarcliff · near
51,000
Briarcliff · near
51,000 median HH income
33.3% of the leader · rank #2
Aurora · near
51,000
Aurora · near
51,000 median HH income
33.3% of the leader · rank #3
Dunseith · near
51,004
Dunseith · near
51,004 median HH income
33.3% of the leader · rank #4
Mountain View · near
51,005
Mountain View · near
51,005 median HH income
33.3% of the leader · rank #5
Newburgh · this city
51,006
Newburgh · this city
51,006 median HH income
33.3% of the leader · rank #6
Harrison · highest
153,273
Harrison · highest
153,273 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 Newburgh 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: 28,649.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Newburgh - the verdict
Newburgh ranks in the 21st percentile for household income and the 17th percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
21st
percentile, household income
49th
percentile, home value
78th
percentile, median rent
17th
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: Newburgh, NY
New York's Newburgh is a small city, with 28,649 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in Newburgh report a median income of $51,006 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 25.0%. Home values in Newburgh run a median of $221,100, and the median resident age is 31.7 years. 17.8% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 57.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 23 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Building Boom), up 130% from five years earlier. Newburgh's reported crime rate runs above the national norm: per-100,000 total crime stands at 2900.8 in FBI UCR data, above the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
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). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,579 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $285 across New York, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Workers in Newburgh report an average commute of 23.2 minutes, with 55.9% driving alone and 9.1% working from home. 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 Newburgh'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 reported crime to within-city variation to housing and income to comparison shortlist to population change to schools and households to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Newburgh, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, matched public-school count, annual population history.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
1. Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Newburgh?
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 2900.8 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 27% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
PlainCities matches 24 Census tracts to this city.
How far does income reach against housing in Newburgh?
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 25.0%, 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Newburgh?
Within New York, the closest population matches are Saratoga Springs (28,542 residents, $100,485 income); Jamestown (28,401 residents, $44,878 income); Glen Cove (28,101 residents, $91,355 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Northampton, MA (28,640 residents); Danville, IL (28,663 residents); West Springfield, MA (28,635 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.
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.
Population change
Is Newburgh growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -709 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -2.5% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 23 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Period change
-2.5%
2025 estimate
28,059
2020 estimate
28,768
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
The NCES join finds 9 public schools within the city match. 17.8% 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
9
Bachelor's degree+
17.8%
Poverty estimate
25.0%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
What does the journey to work look like in Newburgh?
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 55.9%. The reported mean trip to work is 23.2 minutes.
Public transit
4.6%
Work from home
9.1%
Drive alone
55.9%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 12,624 workers age 16+.
Low income · poverty 25.0% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
107.9 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, New York average
F
City profile score · Newburgh, NY
13/100
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.
Bachelor's+ share F
17.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$51,006
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.
Poverty rate F
25.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime F
984 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Newburgh profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 28/100 (F) · 17.8%
Household income: 22/100 (F) · $51,006
Cost of living: 12/100 (F) · 107.9 index
Poverty rate: 6/100 (F) · 25.0%
Violent crime: 0/100 (F) · 984 /100k
Where Newburgh sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Newburgh'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 - Newburgh highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
Newburgh, NY (this city): home $221,100, crime 2,901/100k
Northampton, MA : home $398,000, crime 1,717/100k
Danville, IL : home $76,800, crime 7,361/100k
West Springfield, MA : home $307,900, crime 3,589/100k
Slidell, LA : home $207,800, crime 2,541/100k
Bridgewater, MA : home $500,600, crime 275/100k
Daphne, AL : home $309,700, crime 899/100k
Saratoga Springs, NY : home $445,100, crime 1,902/100k
Jamestown, NY : home $79,100, crime 2,935/100k
Glen Cove, NY : home $654,500, crime 580/100k
How does Newburgh compare to other US cities?
Here's how Newburgh stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income21% higher than other cities
Home value49% pricier than other cities
Median rent78% pricier than other cities
Safety17% 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, Newburgh ranks #36 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 Newburgh 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 Newburgh near the bottom of New York's cities
Among the 1,256 New York cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Newburgh ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Newburgh only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#1,075 of 1,205
11th percentile in New York
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,256
0th percentile in New York
Median Home Value
#626 of 1,202
48th percentile in New York
Poverty Rate
#44 of 1,246
96th percentile in New York
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1,067 of 1,254
15th 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
21st percentile nationally for median household income · 17th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Newburgh's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Newburgh'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 Newburgh's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$221,100Among the most affordablemore affordable than 51% 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
Newburgh'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
#11,616 of 15,516
More affordable than 25% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,252 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 4.3×, Newburgh sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,616 of 15,516 and #2,252 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
$51,006Newburgh, NY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Newburgh, 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 Newburgh, NY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)17.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)25.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)57.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
28,649
Median Income
$51,006
Median Home Value
$221,100
Median Age
31.7
Poverty Rate
25.0%
Labor force participation
57.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
17.8%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
2900.8
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
983.6
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1917.3
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
9
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Newburgh's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
28,768 residents
2021
28,819 residents
2022
28,600 residents
2023
28,454 residents
2024
28,413 residents
2025
28,059 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
23
housing units authorized
Single-Family
23
detached homes
Multifamily
0
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
10
10
0
$1.3M
2020
24
24
0
$8.0M
2021
28
28
0
$9.4M
2022
24
24
0
$8.0M
2023
20
20
0
$6.7M
2024
23
23
0
$7.7M
Permit volume increased 130% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
23.2 minutes
Drive Alone
55.9%
Carpool
14.4%
Public Transit
4.6%
Walk
9.3%
Work from Home
9.1%
Other
6.7%
Based on 12,624 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 Newburgh. 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 Newburgh 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 Newburgh sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Newburgh 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.