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SheetNY-VILLAGE-OF-THE-BRANCH-NY · Village of the Branch, NY 1,813 pop · income 97th 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 Village of the Branch
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Village of the Branch on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Leonville · lowest
42,188
Leonville · lowest
42,188 median HH income
24.0% of the leader · rank #1
Newtown Grant · near
175,403
Newtown Grant · near
175,403 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #2
Deephaven · near
175,441
Deephaven · near
175,441 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #3
Beverly Hills · near
175,460
Beverly Hills · near
175,460 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #4
Village of th… · this city
175,583
Village of th… · this city
175,583 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #5
Montrose-Ghent · near
175,781
Montrose-Ghent · near
175,781 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
Vernonburg · highest
175,833
Vernonburg · highest
175,833 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 Village of the Branch 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: 1,813.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Village of the Branch lands in the 97th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
97th
percentile, household income
91st
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: Village of the Branch, NY
Village of the Branch is a small town in New York, home to 1,813 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Village of the Branch brings in $175,583 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 4.1%. Home values in Village of the Branch run a median of $656,500, and the median resident age is 44.0 years. 62.1% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 58.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 0 residential units were authorized 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. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,579 per month statewide. 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 Village of the Branch'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 population change to housing and income to work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Village of the Branch, 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.
Question 1
Is Village of the Branch growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +1 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +0.1% 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.
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 Village of the Branch?
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. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Village of the Branch?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 73.5%. 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 Village of the Branch?
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 Northwest Ithaca (1,813 residents, $49,044 income); Pleasant Valley (1,814 residents, $90,250 income); Wayland (1,817 residents, $78,125 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Worthington, KY (1,813 residents); Mayfield, PA (1,813 residents); Leonville, LA (1,812 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.
Top-decile income · poverty 4.1% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
107.9 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, New York average
B-
City profile score · Village of the Branch, NY
69/100
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 A+
$175,583
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A+
62.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate B
4.1%
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).
Village of the Branch profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 100/100 (A+) · $175,583
Bachelor's+ share: 93/100 (A+) · 62.1%
Poverty rate: 71/100 (B) · 4.1%
Cost of living: 12/100 (F) · 107.9 index
How does Village of the Branch compare to other US cities?
Where Village of the Branch sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income97% higher than other cities
Home value91% 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 Village of the Branch 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 Village of the Branch near the bottom of New York's cities
Among the 1,256 New York cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Village of the Branch ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Village of the Branch only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#97 of 1,205
92nd percentile in New York
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,256
0th percentile in New York
Median Home Value
#192 of 1,202
84th percentile in New York
Poverty Rate
#659 of 1,246
47th percentile in New York
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#170 of 1,254
86th 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
97th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Village of the Branch's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$656,5009th percentilemore affordable than 9% 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
Village of the Branch's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#9,845 of 15,516
More affordable than 37% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#7,810 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.7×, Village of the Branch sits in the moderate band:
national rank #9,845 of 15,516 and #7,810 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
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
$175,583Village of the Branch, NY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Village of the Branch, 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 Village of the Branch, NY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)62.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)58.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,813
Median Income
$175,583
Median Home Value
$656,500
Median Age
44.0
Poverty Rate
4.1%
Labor force participation
58.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
62.1%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Village of the Branch's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
1,763 residents
2021
1,766 residents
2022
1,761 residents
2023
1,759 residents
2024
1,764 residents
2025
1,764 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
0
0
0
-
2021
0
0
0
-
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
73.5%
Carpool
2.4%
Public Transit
7.6%
Walk
0.2%
Work from Home
15.7%
Other
0.6%
Based on 867 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 Village of the Branch. 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 Village of the Branch 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 Village of the Branch sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Village of the Branch 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.