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SheetNY-POMONA-NY · Pomona, NY 3,961 pop · income 96th 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 Pomona
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Pomona on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Lancaster · lowest
45,795
Lancaster · lowest
45,795 median HH income
26.6% of the leader · rank #1
Pomona · this city
172,188
Pomona · this city
172,188 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #2
Franklin Park · near
172,200
Franklin Park · near
172,200 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #3
Timnath · near
172,206
Timnath · near
172,206 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #4
Clayton · near
172,226
Clayton · near
172,226 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #5
Woodbourne · near
172,292
Woodbourne · near
172,292 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
Shorewood · highest
172,325
Shorewood · highest
172,325 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 Pomona 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: 3,961.
Nationally, Pomona sits in the 96th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
96th
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: Pomona, NY
3,961 people live in Pomona, New York - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $172,188 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.2%. Home values in Pomona run a median of $716,500, and the median resident age is 29.6 years. About 60.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 58.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 2 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 75% from five years earlier.
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. 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 Pomona'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 population change to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Pomona, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, local building permits, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for 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 Pomona?
Within New York, the closest population matches are Marlboro (3,959 residents, $116,549 income); Heritage Hills (3,967 residents, $97,083 income); University Gardens (3,986 residents, $94,886 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Belleville, MI (3,961 residents); White Bluff, TN (3,961 residents); Castle Hills, TX (3,961 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Pomona?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 0.2%, 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.
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 +221 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +5.8% 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Pomona?
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 61.6%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Top-decile income · poverty 0.2% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
107.9 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, New York average
B+
City profile score · Pomona, NY
76/100
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+
$172,188
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate A+
0.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share A+
60.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; 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).
Pomona profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 100/100 (A+) · $172,188
Poverty rate: 99/100 (A+) · 0.2%
Bachelor's+ share: 92/100 (A+) · 60.0%
Cost of living: 12/100 (F) · 107.9 index
How does Pomona compare to other US cities?
Pomona measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income96% 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 Pomona 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 Pomona near the bottom of New York's cities
Among the 1,256 New York cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Pomona ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Pomona only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#110 of 1,205
91st percentile in New York
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,256
0th percentile in New York
Median Home Value
#157 of 1,202
87th percentile in New York
Poverty Rate
#1,029 of 1,246
17th percentile in New York
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#194 of 1,254
84th 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
96th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Pomona's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$716,5007th 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
Pomona's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,144 of 15,516
More affordable than 28% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,654 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.2×, Pomona sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,144 of 15,516 and #8,654 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
$172,188Pomona, NY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Pomona, 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 Pomona, NY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)60.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)58.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
3,961
Median Income
$172,188
Median Home Value
$716,500
Median Age
29.6
Poverty Rate
0.2%
Labor force participation
58.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
60.0%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Pomona's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
3,832 residents
2021
3,870 residents
2022
3,897 residents
2023
3,953 residents
2024
4,033 residents
2025
4,053 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
2
housing units authorized
Single-Family
2
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.5
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
8
8
0
$3.1M
2020
8
8
0
$3.1M
2021
7
7
0
$2.8M
2022
7
7
0
$4.5M
2023
1
1
0
$0.7M
2024
2
2
0
$1.9M
Permit volume decreased 75% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
61.6%
Carpool
9.7%
Public Transit
6.3%
Walk
1.1%
Work from Home
16.5%
Other
4.8%
Based on 1,563 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 Pomona. 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 Pomona 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 Pomona sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Pomona 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.