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SheetNY-THOMASTON-NY · Thomaston, NY 2,734 pop · income 94th 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 Thomaston
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Thomaston on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Kulpmont · lowest
51,066
Kulpmont · lowest
51,066 median HH income
20.4% of the leader · rank #1
Ashburn · near
152,094
Ashburn · near
152,094 median HH income
60.8% of the leader · rank #2
Far Hills · near
152,188
Far Hills · near
152,188 median HH income
60.9% of the leader · rank #3
Thomaston · this city
152,206
Thomaston · this city
152,206 median HH income
60.9% of the leader · rank #4
Bunk Foss · near
152,208
Bunk Foss · near
152,208 median HH income
60.9% of the leader · rank #5
Kapalua · near
152,292
Kapalua · near
152,292 median HH income
60.9% of the leader · rank #6
Sands Point · highest
250,001
Sands Point · 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 Thomaston 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: 2,734.
Nationally, Thomaston sits in the 94th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
94th
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: Thomaston, NY
2,734 people live in Thomaston, New York - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Thomaston households earn a median of $152,206 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 2.5%. Home values in Thomaston run a median of $1,044,900, and the median resident age is 47.1 years. About 71.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 60.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 2 residential building permits were authorized in Thomaston (Stable), up 0% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data.
New York carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 107.9 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. 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). 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 Thomaston'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 housing and income to work and mobility to comparison shortlist to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Thomaston, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, commute-mode shares, local building permits.
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.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Thomaston?
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 6.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Thomaston?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 50.1%. 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 Thomaston?
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 Sands Point (2,725 residents, $250,000+ income); Coxsackie (2,746 residents, $69,773 income); Cazenovia (2,760 residents, $91,923 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Warren AFB, WY (2,734 residents); Seward, AK (2,735 residents); Chesterfield, IN (2,733 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 Thomaston growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -8 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -0.3% 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.
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.
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+
71.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income A+
$152,206
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate A-
2.5%
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).
Thomaston profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 98/100 (A+) · 71.3%
Household income: 97/100 (A+) · $152,206
Poverty rate: 82/100 (A-) · 2.5%
Cost of living: 12/100 (F) · 107.9 index
How does Thomaston compare to other US cities?
Here's how Thomaston stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income94% 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 Thomaston 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 Thomaston near the bottom of New York's cities
Among the 1,256 New York cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Thomaston ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Thomaston only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#163 of 1,205
86th percentile in New York
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,256
0th percentile in New York
Median Home Value
#76 of 1,202
94th percentile in New York
Poverty Rate
#831 of 1,246
33rd percentile in New York
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#87 of 1,254
93rd 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
94th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Thomaston's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$1,044,9003rd 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
Thomaston's home-value-to-income ratio: 6.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,612 of 15,516
More affordable than 6% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,770 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 6.9×, Thomaston sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,612 of 15,516 and #10,770 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
$152,206Thomaston, NY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Thomaston, 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 Thomaston, NY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)71.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)60.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,734
Median Income
$152,206
Median Home Value
$1,044,900
Median Age
47.1
Poverty Rate
2.5%
Labor force participation
60.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
71.3%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Thomaston's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
2,784 residents
2021
2,777 residents
2022
2,759 residents
2023
2,760 residents
2024
2,773 residents
2025
2,776 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Stable
Total Permits (2024)
2
housing units authorized
Single-Family
2
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.7
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
2
2
0
$1.0M
2020
0
0
0
-
2021
0
0
0
-
2022
1
1
0
$1.4M
2023
1
1
0
$0.3M
2024
2
2
0
$2.2M
Permit volume increased 0% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
50.1%
Carpool
2.6%
Public Transit
22.0%
Walk
2.7%
Work from Home
22.1%
Based on 1,319 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 Thomaston. 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 Thomaston 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 Thomaston sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Thomaston 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.