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SheetNY-TRIBES-HILL-NY · Tribes Hill, NY 1,004 pop · income 74th 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 Tribes Hill
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Tribes Hill on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Vardaman · lowest
36,000
Vardaman · lowest
36,000 median HH income
23.7% of the leader · rank #1
Muhlenberg Pa… · near
94,426
Muhlenberg Pa… · near
94,426 median HH income
62.0% of the leader · rank #2
Economy · near
94,430
Economy · near
94,430 median HH income
62.0% of the leader · rank #3
Tribes Hill · this city
94,440
Tribes Hill · this city
94,440 median HH income
62.1% of the leader · rank #4
Mountainaire · near
94,457
Mountainaire · near
94,457 median HH income
62.1% of the leader · rank #5
Prairie Creek · near
94,457
Prairie Creek · near
94,457 median HH income
62.1% of the leader · rank #6
Far Hills · highest
152,188
Far Hills · highest
152,188 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 Tribes Hill 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: 1,004.
Nationally, Tribes Hill sits in the 74th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
74th
percentile, household income
37th
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: Tribes Hill, NY
New York's Tribes Hill is a small town, with 1,004 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Tribes Hill households earn a median of $94,440 annually, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 13.7%. Tribes Hill's housing stock carries a median value of $182,600, and the median resident age is 43.2 years. About 14.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 61.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
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). 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. The average commute for Tribes Hill workers runs 18.6 minutes, with 96.9% driving alone and 3.1% working from home. 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 Tribes Hill'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 housing and income to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Tribes Hill, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history; 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 Tribes Hill?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 96.9%. The reported mean trip to work is 18.6 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
How far does income reach against housing in Tribes Hill?
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 1.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 13.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Tribes Hill?
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 Waddington (1,003 residents, $69,375 income); Adams Center (1,002 residents, $100,313 income); Richmondville (1,001 residents, $46,571 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Hamel, IL (1,004 residents); Villisca, IA (1,004 residents); Goshen, KY (1,004 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.
Above median income · poverty 13.7% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
107.9 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, New York average
F
City profile score · Tribes Hill, NY
36/100
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 B
$94,440
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
13.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
14.0%
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).
Tribes Hill profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 74/100 (B) · $94,440
Poverty rate: 25/100 (F) · 13.7%
Bachelor's+ share: 17/100 (F) · 14.0%
Cost of living: 12/100 (F) · 107.9 index
How does Tribes Hill compare to other US cities?
Tribes Hill measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income74% higher than other cities
Home value37% 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 Tribes Hill 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 Tribes Hill near the bottom of New York's cities
Among the 1,256 New York cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Tribes Hill ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Tribes Hill only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#484 of 1,205
60th percentile in New York
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,256
0th percentile in New York
Median Home Value
#742 of 1,202
38th percentile in New York
Poverty Rate
#203 of 1,246
84th percentile in New York
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1,157 of 1,254
8th 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
74th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Tribes Hill's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$182,600Among the most affordablemore affordable than 63% 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
Tribes Hill's home-value-to-income ratio: 1.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#1,416 of 15,516
More affordable than 91% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,364 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 1.9×, Tribes Hill sits in the affordable band:
national rank #1,416 of 15,516 and #1,364 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 ÷ 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
$94,440Tribes Hill, NY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Tribes Hill, 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 Tribes Hill, NY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)14.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)13.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)61.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,004
Median Income
$94,440
Median Home Value
$182,600
Median Age
43.2
Poverty Rate
13.7%
Labor force participation
61.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
14.0%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
18.6 minutes
Drive Alone
96.9%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
3.1%
Based on 491 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 Tribes Hill. 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 Tribes Hill 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 Tribes Hill sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Tribes Hill 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.