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SheetNY-PORT-LEYDEN-NY ยท Port Leyden, NY 680 pop ยท income 9th 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 Port Leyden
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Port Leyden on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Pine Valley ยท lowest
36,750
Pine Valley ยท lowest
36,750 median HH income
14.7% of the leader ยท rank #1
Port Leyden ยท this city
41,250
Port Leyden ยท this city
41,250 median HH income
16.5% of the leader ยท rank #2
Gu-Win ยท near
41,250
Gu-Win ยท near
41,250 median HH income
16.5% of the leader ยท rank #3
Mount Vernon ยท near
41,250
Mount Vernon ยท near
41,250 median HH income
16.5% of the leader ยท rank #4
Kaltag ยท near
41,250
Kaltag ยท near
41,250 median HH income
16.5% of the leader ยท rank #5
Cave City ยท near
41,250
Cave City ยท near
41,250 median HH income
16.5% of the leader ยท rank #6
Tuxedo Park ยท highest
250,001
Tuxedo Park ยท highest
250,001 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 Port Leyden 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: 680.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Port Leyden places in the 9th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
9th
percentile, household income
9th
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: Port Leyden, NY
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 680 residents in Port Leyden, a small town within New York. Households in Port Leyden report a median income of $41,250 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 16.4%. Port Leyden's housing stock carries a median value of $98,200, and the median resident age is 34.6 years. About 4.7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 42.3% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
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. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts New York's average monthly utility costs around $285 (state average). 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 Port Leyden'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 population change to housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Port Leyden, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Port Leyden?
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 Palatine Bridge (682 residents, $62,404 income); Tuxedo Park (682 residents, $250,000+ income); Unionville (684 residents, $104,615 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Dove Creek, CO (680 residents); Brookport, IL (680 residents); Albert City, IA (680 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.
Is Port Leyden growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -2 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -0.3% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
How far does income reach against housing in Port Leyden?
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. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 2.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 16.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Port Leyden?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 74.4%. 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.
Lowest-decile income ยท poverty 16.4% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
107.9 (US=100)
High cost ยท BEA RPP 2024, New York average
F
City profile score ยท Port Leyden, NY
11/100
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 F
16.4%
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 โ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income F
$41,250
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop โฅ1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
4.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Port Leyden profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 20/100 (F) ยท 16.4%
Cost of living: 12/100 (F) ยท 107.9 index
Household income: 8/100 (F) ยท $41,250
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) ยท 4.7%
How does Port Leyden compare to other US cities?
Port Leyden measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income9% higher than other cities
Home value9% 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 Port Leyden 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 Port Leyden near the bottom of New York's cities
Among the 1,256 New York cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Port Leyden ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Port Leyden only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#1,174 of 1,205
2nd percentile in New York
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,256
0th percentile in New York
Median Home Value
#1,113 of 1,202
7th percentile in New York
Poverty Rate
#152 of 1,246
88th percentile in New York
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1,238 of 1,254
1st 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
9th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Port Leyden's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$98,200Among the most affordablemore affordable than 91% 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
Port Leyden's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.4ร
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0ร
National rank
#3,378 of 15,516
More affordable than 78% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#3,086 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.4ร, Port Leyden sits in the affordable band:
national rank #3,378 of 15,516 and #3,086 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
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
$41,250Port Leyden, NY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Port Leyden, 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 Port Leyden, NY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)4.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)16.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)42.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
680
Median Income
$41,250
Median Home Value
$98,200
Median Age
34.6
Poverty Rate
16.4%
Labor force participation
42.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
4.7%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020โ2025
Port Leyden's Census PEP population estimates, 2020โ2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
590 residents
2021
595 residents
2022
591 residents
2023
591 residents
2024
589 residents
2025
588 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
74.4%
Carpool
12.1%
Public Transit
3.0%
Walk
5.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Other
5.5%
Based on 199 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 Port Leyden. 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 Port Leyden 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 Port Leyden sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Port Leyden 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.