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SheetNY-WHITE-PLAINS-NY · White Plains, NY 59,818 pop · income 85th pct · 241 tracts
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 White Plains
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest White Plains on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Utica · lowest
51,513
Utica · lowest
51,513 median HH income
36.9% of the leader · rank #1
Hillcrest Hei… · near
115,568
Hillcrest Hei… · near
115,568 median HH income
82.7% of the leader · rank #2
Woodsboro · near
115,583
Woodsboro · near
115,583 median HH income
82.7% of the leader · rank #3
White Plains · this city
115,586
White Plains · this city
115,586 median HH income
82.7% of the leader · rank #4
Lake Dalecarl… · near
115,588
Lake Dalecarl… · near
115,588 median HH income
82.7% of the leader · rank #5
South Hooksett · near
115,592
South Hooksett · near
115,592 median HH income
82.7% of the leader · rank #6
Levittown · highest
139,696
Levittown · highest
139,696 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, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for White Plains on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. 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: 59,818.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
White Plains - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, White Plains places in the 85th percentile for household income and the 35th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
85th
percentile, household income
90th
percentile, home value
78th
percentile, median rent
35th
percentile, safety
📝 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: White Plains, NY
White Plains is a small city in New York, home to 59,818 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in White Plains report a median income of $115,586 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 7.5%. White Plains's housing stock carries a median value of $624,100, and the median resident age is 41.5 years. 53.3% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 61.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 10 residential building permits were authorized in White Plains (Construction Slowdown), down 97% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 1871.7 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, near the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
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). Workers in White Plains report an average commute of 22.0 minutes, with 49.9% driving alone and 20.7% working from home. 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 White Plains'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 comparison shortlist to work and mobility to schools and households to population change to reported crime to within-city variation; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For White Plains, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in White Plains?
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 5.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 7.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for White Plains?
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. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within New York, the closest population matches are Hempstead (58,569 residents, $82,454 income); Utica (64,440 residents, $51,513 income); Levittown (51,557 residents, $139,696 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Gardena, CA (59,765 residents); Palm Beach Gardens, FL (59,751 residents); Chapel Hill, NC (59,889 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.
What does the journey to work look like in White Plains?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 49.9%. The reported mean trip to work is 22.0 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. 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.
What can 241 Census tracts reveal inside White Plains?
PlainCities matches 241 Census tracts to this city.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for White Plains?
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 10 public schools within the city match. 53.3% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Poverty estimate
7.5%
Bachelor's degree+
53.3%
Matched public schools
10
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Is White Plains growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +3,284 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +5.5% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 10 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 upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
2020 estimate
59,587
2025 estimate
62,871
Period change
+5.5%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
What can the FBI record say about safety in White Plains?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1871.7 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 18% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Total reported rate
1871.7
Violent rate
111.4
Property rate
1760.3
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
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
53.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income A-
$115,586
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime B-
111 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate C-
7.5%
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.
White Plains profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 87/100 (A) · 53.3%
Household income: 84/100 (A-) · $115,586
Violent crime: 68/100 (B-) · 111 /100k
Poverty rate: 50/100 (C-) · 7.5%
Cost of living: 12/100 (F) · 107.9 index
Where White Plains sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
White Plains's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - White Plains highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
White Plains, NY (this city): home $624,100, crime 1,872/100k
Gardena, CA : home $667,600, crime 3,755/100k
Chapel Hill, NC : home $576,500, crime 2,687/100k
Taunton, MA : home $388,200, crime 1,282/100k
Revere, MA : home $566,200, crime 1,980/100k
Utica, NY : home $133,400, crime 3,477/100k
Schenectady, NY : home $152,000, crime 3,775/100k
Troy, NY : home $192,500, crime 3,244/100k
How does White Plains compare to other US cities?
Where White Plains sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income85% higher than other cities
Home value90% pricier than other cities
Median rent78% pricier than other cities
Safety35% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just New York and the picture shifts: White Plains ranks #23 of 55 New York cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares White Plains 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 White Plains near the bottom of New York's cities
Among the 1,256 New York cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, White Plains ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares White Plains only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#339 of 1,205
72nd percentile in New York
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,256
0th percentile in New York
Median Home Value
#221 of 1,202
82nd percentile in New York
Poverty Rate
#427 of 1,246
65th percentile in New York
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#269 of 1,254
79th 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
85th percentile nationally for median household income · 35th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
White Plains's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
White Plains's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How White Plains's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$624,10010th percentilemore affordable than 10% 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
White Plains's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,449 of 15,516
More affordable than 13% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#508 of 750
Mid-size cities (50,000–199,999)
At 5.4×, White Plains sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,449 of 15,516 and #508 of 750mid-size cities (50,000–199,999).
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
$115,586White Plains, NY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context White Plains, 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 White Plains, NY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)53.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)7.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)61.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
59,818
Median Income
$115,586
Median Home Value
$624,100
Median Age
41.5
Poverty Rate
7.5%
Labor force participation
61.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
53.3%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1871.7
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
111.4
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1760.3
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
10
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
White Plains's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
59,587 residents
2021
59,690 residents
2022
59,702 residents
2023
61,846 residents
2024
62,693 residents
2025
62,871 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
10
housing units authorized
Single-Family
4
detached homes
Multifamily
6
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.2
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
316
3
313
$43.1M
2020
310
3
307
$41.7M
2021
296
4
292
$86.2M
2022
1,105
3
1,102
$229.7M
2023
196
6
190
$36.9M
2024
10
4
6
$3.5M
Permit volume decreased 97% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
22.0 minutes
Drive Alone
49.9%
Carpool
7.1%
Public Transit
12.6%
Walk
7.2%
Work from Home
20.7%
Other
2.5%
Based on 30,006 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 White Plains. 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 White Plains 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 White Plains sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How White Plains 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, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, 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.