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SheetNY-PORT-WASHINGTON-NORTH-NY · Port Washington North, NY 3,159 pop · income 91st 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 Washington North
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Port Washington North on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Dover · lowest
42,222
Dover · lowest
42,222 median HH income
20.7% of the leader · rank #1
North Haledon · near
131,810
North Haledon · near
131,810 median HH income
64.7% of the leader · rank #2
Port Washingt… · this city
131,875
Port Washingt… · this city
131,875 median HH income
64.7% of the leader · rank #3
Shaver Lake · near
131,875
Shaver Lake · near
131,875 median HH income
64.7% of the leader · rank #4
Chalfont · near
131,944
Chalfont · near
131,944 median HH income
64.8% of the leader · rank #5
Shackle Island · near
131,944
Shackle Island · near
131,944 median HH income
64.8% of the leader · rank #6
Brightwaters · highest
203,750
Brightwaters · highest
203,750 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 Port Washington North 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: 3,159.
Port Washington North ranks in the 91st percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
91st
percentile, household income
97th
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: Port Washington North, NY
New York's Port Washington North is a small town, with 3,159 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in Port Washington North report a median income of $131,875 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 2.4%. Typical homes in Port Washington North are valued around $1,044,500, and the median resident age is 54.5 years. Educational attainment runs 63.1% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 56.3% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 0 residential units authorized here in 2024 (No Permits).
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. Monthly utility costs average around $285 across New York, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. 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 Washington North'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 Port Washington North, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, annual population history, commute-mode shares.
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 Port Washington North?
Within New York, the closest population matches are Fort Edward (3,160 residents, $62,411 income); Eden (3,164 residents, $85,707 income); Maybrook (3,147 residents, $89,293 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are East Hampton, CT (3,159 residents); San Castle, FL (3,159 residents); Early, TX (3,159 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 Port Washington North?
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 49.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Is Port Washington North growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
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.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -12 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -0.4% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 0 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 Port Washington North?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 7.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.4%, 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.
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 A+
63.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income A+
$131,875
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate A-
2.4%
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 ≈ 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).
Port Washington North profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 93/100 (A+) · 63.1%
Household income: 91/100 (A+) · $131,875
Poverty rate: 83/100 (A-) · 2.4%
Cost of living: 12/100 (F) · 107.9 index
How does Port Washington North compare to other US cities?
Where Port Washington North sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income91% higher than other cities
Home value97% 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 Washington North 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 Washington North near the bottom of New York's cities
Among the 1,256 New York cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Port Washington North ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Port Washington North only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#250 of 1,205
79th percentile in New York
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,256
0th percentile in New York
Median Home Value
#77 of 1,202
94th percentile in New York
Poverty Rate
#838 of 1,246
32nd percentile in New York
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#161 of 1,254
87th 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
91st percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Port Washington North's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$1,044,5003rd percentilemore affordable than 3% 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
Port Washington North's home-value-to-income ratio: 7.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,985 of 15,516
More affordable than 3% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,993 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 7.9×, Port Washington North sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,985 of 15,516 and #10,993 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
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
$131,875Port Washington North, NY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Port Washington North, 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 Washington North, NY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)63.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)56.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
3,159
Median Income
$131,875
Median Home Value
$1,044,500
Median Age
54.5
Poverty Rate
2.4%
Labor force participation
56.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
63.1%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Port Washington North's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
3,166 residents
2021
3,160 residents
2022
3,145 residents
2023
3,141 residents
2024
3,154 residents
2025
3,154 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
Total Permits (2024)
0
housing units authorized
Single-Family
0
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
0
0
0
-
2020
1
1
0
$0.5M
2021
1
1
0
$0.5M
2022
0
0
0
-
2023
0
0
0
-
2024
0
0
0
-
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
49.5%
Carpool
2.3%
Public Transit
26.4%
Walk
0.3%
Work from Home
21.1%
Based on 1,499 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 Washington North. 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 Washington North 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 Washington North sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Port Washington North 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.