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SheetNY-SOUTH-BLOOMING-GROVE-NY · South Blooming Grove, NY 3,880 pop · income 48th 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 South Blooming Grove
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest South Blooming Grove on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Dumas · lowest
34,938
Dumas · lowest
34,938 median HH income
14.0% of the leader · rank #1
South Bloomin… · this city
68,958
South Bloomin… · this city
68,958 median HH income
27.6% of the leader · rank #2
Harding-Birch… · near
68,958
Harding-Birch… · near
68,958 median HH income
27.6% of the leader · rank #3
Desert View H… · near
68,958
Desert View H… · near
68,958 median HH income
27.6% of the leader · rank #4
Greenview · near
68,958
Greenview · near
68,958 median HH income
27.6% of the leader · rank #5
Granville · near
68,958
Granville · near
68,958 median HH income
27.6% of the leader · rank #6
Loyola · highest
250,001
Loyola · highest
250,001 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 South Blooming Grove 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: 3,880.
Nationally, South Blooming Grove sits in the 48th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
48th
percentile, household income
83rd
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: South Blooming Grove, NY
New York's South Blooming Grove is a small town, with 3,880 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $68,958 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 25.3%. Typical homes in South Blooming Grove are valued around $464,000, and the median resident age is 25.2 years. Educational attainment runs 29.4% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 55.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 0 residential building permits were authorized in South Blooming Grove (No Permits), per Census BPS data.
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. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts New York's average monthly utility costs around $285 (state average). On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 69.4 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of South Blooming Grove'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 work and mobility to comparison shortlist 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 South Blooming Grove, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in South Blooming Grove?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 66.6%. 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. 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for South Blooming Grove?
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 Saugerties (3,877 residents, $45,213 income); Sidney (3,865 residents, $49,226 income); Lansing (3,837 residents, $75,901 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Raymond, NH (3,881 residents); Oak Lane, PA (3,879 residents); Goodland, KS (3,878 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 South Blooming Grove growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -77 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -2.0% 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.
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.
How far does income reach against housing in South Blooming Grove?
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.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 6.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 25.3%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Below median income · poverty 25.3% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
107.9 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, New York average
F
City profile score · South Blooming Grove, NY
30/100
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.
Bachelor's+ share C
29.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income D
$68,958
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
25.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
South Blooming Grove profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 57/100 (C) · 29.4%
Household income: 48/100 (D) · $68,958
Cost of living: 12/100 (F) · 107.9 index
Poverty rate: 6/100 (F) · 25.3%
How does South Blooming Grove compare to other US cities?
Where South Blooming Grove sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income48% higher than other cities
Home value83% 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 South Blooming Grove 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 South Blooming Grove near the bottom of New York's cities
Among the 1,256 New York cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, South Blooming Grove ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares South Blooming Grove only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#784 of 1,205
35th percentile in New York
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,256
0th percentile in New York
Median Home Value
#342 of 1,202
72nd percentile in New York
Poverty Rate
#42 of 1,246
97th percentile in New York
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#708 of 1,254
44th 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
48th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How South Blooming Grove's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$464,00017th percentilemore affordable than 17% 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
South Blooming Grove's home-value-to-income ratio: 6.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,548 of 15,516
More affordable than 6% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,731 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 6.7×, South Blooming Grove sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,548 of 15,516 and #10,731 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
$68,958South Blooming Grove, NY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context South Blooming Grove, 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 South Blooming Grove, NY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)29.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)25.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)55.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
3,880
Median Income
$68,958
Median Home Value
$464,000
Median Age
25.2
Poverty Rate
25.3%
Labor force participation
55.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
29.4%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
South Blooming Grove's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
3,887 residents
2021
3,892 residents
2022
3,861 residents
2023
3,851 residents
2024
3,859 residents
2025
3,810 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
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
66.6%
Carpool
8.8%
Public Transit
4.7%
Walk
0.2%
Work from Home
19.2%
Based on 1,268 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 South Blooming Grove. 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 South Blooming Grove 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 South Blooming Grove sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How South Blooming Grove 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.