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SheetNY-WILLSBORO-POINT-NY · Willsboro Point, NY 640 pop · income 89th 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 Willsboro Point
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Willsboro Point on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Amanda · lowest
46,528
Amanda · lowest
46,528 median HH income
36.4% of the leader · rank #1
Amboy · near
127,639
Amboy · near
127,639 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #2
Willsboro Poi… · this city
127,658
Willsboro Poi… · this city
127,658 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #3
Newfoundland · near
127,674
Newfoundland · near
127,674 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #4
Ten Mile Creek · near
127,708
Ten Mile Creek · near
127,708 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
Eden Prairie · near
127,732
Eden Prairie · near
127,732 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
Sea Bright · highest
127,738
Sea Bright · highest
127,738 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 Willsboro Point 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: 640.
Willsboro Point ranks in the 89th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
89th
percentile, household income
63rd
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: Willsboro Point, NY
New York's Willsboro Point is a small town, with 640 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $127,658 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 2.7%. Home values in Willsboro Point run a median of $288,600, and the median resident age is 60.6 years. Educational attainment runs 33.9% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 65.0% 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). 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 Willsboro Point'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; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Willsboro Point, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Willsboro Point?
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 2.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
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.
What does the journey to work look like in Willsboro Point?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 82.2%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for Willsboro Point?
Within New York, the closest population matches are Chaumont (640 residents, $73,750 income); Star Lake (640 residents, $59,286 income); Glen Park (639 residents, $50,227 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Dearing, GA (640 residents); Holton, IN (640 residents); La Crosse, IN (640 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.
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.
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
$127,658
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate A-
2.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share B-
33.9%
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).
Willsboro Point profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 89/100 (A) · $127,658
Poverty rate: 81/100 (A-) · 2.7%
Bachelor's+ share: 65/100 (B-) · 33.9%
Cost of living: 12/100 (F) · 107.9 index
How does Willsboro Point compare to other US cities?
Where Willsboro Point sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income89% higher than other cities
Home value63% 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 Willsboro Point 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 Willsboro Point near the bottom of New York's cities
Among the 1,256 New York cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Willsboro Point ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Willsboro Point only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#281 of 1,205
77th percentile in New York
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,256
0th percentile in New York
Median Home Value
#509 of 1,202
58th percentile in New York
Poverty Rate
#807 of 1,246
34th percentile in New York
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#609 of 1,254
51st 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
89th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Willsboro Point's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$288,60037th percentilemore affordable than 37% 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
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#2,761 of 15,516
More affordable than 82% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,564 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.3×, Willsboro Point sits in the affordable band:
national rank #2,761 of 15,516 and #2,564 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
$127,658Willsboro Point, NY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Willsboro Point, 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 Willsboro Point, NY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)33.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)65.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
640
Median Income
$127,658
Median Home Value
$288,600
Median Age
60.6
Poverty Rate
2.7%
Labor force participation
65.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
33.9%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
82.2%
Carpool
2.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
1.4%
Work from Home
14.4%
Based on 353 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 Willsboro Point. 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 Willsboro Point 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 Willsboro Point sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Willsboro Point 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.