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SheetNY-PIERMONT-NY ยท Piermont, NY 2,434 pop ยท 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 Piermont
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Piermont on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Dunnellon ยท lowest
40,707
Dunnellon ยท lowest
40,707 median HH income
26.3% of the leader ยท rank #1
Royerton ยท near
130,217
Royerton ยท near
130,217 median HH income
84.2% of the leader ยท rank #2
Story ยท near
130,227
Story ยท near
130,227 median HH income
84.2% of the leader ยท rank #3
Piermont ยท this city
130,263
Piermont ยท this city
130,263 median HH income
84.3% of the leader ยท rank #4
Prior Lake ยท near
130,278
Prior Lake ยท near
130,278 median HH income
84.3% of the leader ยท rank #5
Creekside ยท near
130,300
Creekside ยท near
130,300 median HH income
84.3% of the leader ยท rank #6
Sag Harbor ยท highest
154,583
Sag Harbor ยท highest
154,583 median HH income
100.0% of the leader ยท 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 Piermont 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: 2,434.
Piermont 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
90th
percentile, home value
78th
percentile, median rent
๐ 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: Piermont, NY
Piermont is a small town in New York, home to 2,434 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Piermont brings in $130,263 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. Home values in Piermont run a median of $615,700, and the median resident age is 50.9 years. About 64.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 66.3% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 2 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Low Activity).
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). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,579 per month statewide. 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 Piermont'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 to population change to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Piermont, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Piermont?
Within New York, the closest population matches are Scottsville (2,425 residents, $74,813 income); Sag Harbor (2,449 residents, $154,583 income); Moriches (2,407 residents, $78,269 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Lewiston, CA (2,434 residents); Dunnellon, FL (2,434 residents); Halstead, KS (2,435 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 Piermont?
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 54.2%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Is Piermont 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 +96 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +3.8% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 2 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
How far does income reach against housing in Piermont?
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 0.0%, 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.
Top-decile income ยท poverty 0.0% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
107.9 (US=100)
High cost ยท BEA RPP 2024, New York average
B
City profile score ยท Piermont, NY
74/100
4 published dimensions ยท 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+
64.6%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income A+
$130,263
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop โฅ1,000); ACS.
Cost of living F
107.9 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 โ 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).
Piermont profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) ยท 0.0%
Bachelor's+ share: 94/100 (A+) ยท 64.6%
Household income: 90/100 (A+) ยท $130,263
Cost of living: 12/100 (F) ยท 107.9 index
How does Piermont compare to other US cities?
Where Piermont 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 value90% 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 Piermont 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 Piermont near the bottom of New York's cities
Among the 1,256 New York cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Piermont ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Piermont only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#262 of 1,205
78th percentile in New York
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,256
0th percentile in New York
Median Home Value
#231 of 1,202
81st percentile in New York
Poverty Rate
#1,032 of 1,246
0th percentile in New York
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#149 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
90th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Piermont's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$615,70010th percentilemore affordable than 10% 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 ยท 2023
Piermont's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.7ร
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0โ5.0ร
National rank
#12,423 of 15,516
More affordable than 20% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,459 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.7ร, Piermont sits in the moderate band:
national rank #12,423 of 15,516 and #9,459 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 รท median household income for cities with both fields and population โฅ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0โ5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$130,263Piermont, NY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Piermont, 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 Piermont, NY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)64.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)66.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,434
Median Income
$130,263
Median Home Value
$615,700
Median Age
50.9
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
66.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
64.6%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020โ2025
Piermont's Census PEP population estimates, 2020โ2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
2,511 residents
2021
2,517 residents
2022
2,522 residents
2023
2,540 residents
2024
2,596 residents
2025
2,607 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
๐๏ธ Low Activity
Total Permits (2024)
2
housing units authorized
Single-Family
2
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.8
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019โ2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
0
0
0
-
2020
1
1
0
$0.2M
2021
2
2
0
$0.7M
2022
0
0
0
-
2023
2
2
0
$1.2M
2024
2
2
0
$2.6M
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
54.2%
Carpool
10.8%
Public Transit
5.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
26.8%
Other
3.2%
Based on 1,392 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 Piermont. 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 Piermont 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 Piermont sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Piermont 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.