Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety97#468/15,637
Economy87#1,989/15,631
Housing7#13,933/14,977
Health95#708/15,609
Healthcare88#1,932/15,650
Environment80#3,019/15,453
Education98#337/15,649
Infrastructure88#1,924/15,650
Community88#1,949/15,651
Leisure & amenities92#1,249/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Poquott, New York ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Suffolk County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Poor or fair health · low9.7%
99/100New York 16.8%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Adult smoking · low6.4%
99/100New York 14.0%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Lack of reliable transportation · low4.3%
98/100New York 9.1%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Frequent mental distress · low13.4%
97/100New York 17.8%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Violent crime rate · low54 /100k
97/100New York 368 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2023Federal Bureau of InvestigationSuffolk County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · high73.0%
97/100New York 40.2%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Weaknesses

Average commute time · high32.9 min
2/100New York 32.6 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.513
3/100New York 0.517United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Effective property tax rate · high2.19%
5/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
High ozone days · high10 days
7/100New York 4 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencySuffolk County value
Time spent in the emergency room · high229 min
9/100New York 202 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesSuffolk County value
New homes permitted · low0.0 /1k
13/100New York 2.4 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
969 (2015-2019) → 1,127 (2020-2024)
+16%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
63.6% (2015-2019) → 50.0% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
1.6% (2015-2019) → 12.3% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateWorsening
2.0% (2015-2019) → 6.7% (2020-2024)
+4.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.8× (2015-2019) → 4.3× (2020-2024)
+14%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
0.8% (2015-2019) → 3.3% (2020-2024)
+2.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Poquott, New York improved on 0 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Poquott, New York between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	33.4 min2015-2019	32.9 min2020-2024	−0.6 min	Within the margin of error	54%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.3%2015-2019	73.0%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Broadband subscriptions	95.6%2015-2019	97.6%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Effective property tax rate	2.02%2015-2019	2.19%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	4%
High school diploma or higher	97.0%2015-2019	97.2%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Home price to income ratio	3.8×2015-2019	4.3×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	46%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4962015-2019	0.5132020-2024	+0.017	Within the margin of error	36%
Median household income	$175,6252015-2019	$190,3912020-2024	+8.4%	Within the margin of error	15%
Rent as share of income	32.5%2015-2019	30.0%2020-2024	−2.5 points	Within the margin of error	72%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Poquott, New York five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Poquott, New York in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Poquott, New York itself moved −0 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,127 residents (±243)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 women (+3.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,127 residents (±243)

Poquott, New York
New York share

White81%917
Black0.2%†2
Hispanic or Latino9.0%†101
Asian6.4%†72
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races3.1%†35

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

758 residents (±132)

Poquott, New York
New York share

No high school diploma2.8%†21
High school or GED8.6%†65
Some college9.9%†75
Associate degree5.8%†44
Bachelor's degree26%194
Graduate degree47%359

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

411 households (±75)

Poquott, New York
New York share

Under $25k6.8%†28
$25k–50k5.6%†23
$50k–75k7.5%†31
$75k–100k5.1%†21
$100k–150k14%†56
$150k–200k15%†61
$200k or more46%191

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

411 households (±75)

Poquott, New York
New York share

Own87%358
Rent13%†53

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

47 households (±30)

Poquott, New York
New York share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5000.0%0

Home values

358 homes (±69)

Poquott, New York
New York share

Under $150k0.3%†1
$150k–250k0.0%0
$250k–400k7.3%†26

Age of homes

429 homes (±78)

Poquott, New York
New York share

2010 or later1.6%†7
2000–20094.9%†21
1980–199933%†143

Size of homes

429 homes (±78)

Poquott, New York
New York share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom10%†45
2 bedrooms14%†60

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

558 workers (±124)

Poquott, New York
New York share

Drive alone65%364
Carpool7.7%†43
Public transit2.2%†12
Walk0.0%0
Bike1.1%†6
Work from home24%†133
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+15.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

425 workers (±90)

Poquott, New York
New York share

Under 15 min22%†93
15–29 min31%†132
30–44 min23%†96

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Suffolk County, the county holding most of Poquott's residents.

Suffolk County has 50,748 employer establishments, 331 for every 10,000 residents (1.33× the US rate of 248; 1.21× New York's), with 592,580 paid employees at an average annual pay of $66,370. The Census Bureau also counts 163,751 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 50,748; 163,751 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 331; US 248 · New York 274
Paid employees: 592,580
Average annual pay: $66,370; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Suffolk County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	5,078	33.1	2.14×More than typical	34,562	$80,377	9,570
Ambulatory health care services	3,732	24.3	1.17×About typical	46,415	$66,273	8,939
Restaurants and other eating places	3,479	22.7	1.24×About typical	47,645	$30,272	654
Services to buildings and dwellings	2,687	17.5	2.60×More than typical	16,265	$55,504	8,278
Construction of buildings	2,624	17.1	2.26×More than typical	9,875	$73,186	5,364
Building equipment contractors	1,992	13	2.16×More than typical	15,769	$82,196	1,910
Lessors of real estate	1,787	11.7	0.95×About typical	5,656	$67,296	22,445
Landscaping services	1,745	11.4	3.25×More than typical	7,634	$70,710	2,426
Building finishing contractors	1,579	10.3	2.71×More than typical	7,248	$71,795	3,376
Personal care services	1,544	10.1	2.11×More than typical	6,832	$23,121	4,045
Limited-service restaurants	1,486	9.7	1.21×About typical	17,568	$23,913	228
Full-service restaurants	1,393	9.1	1.18×About typical	24,180	$36,568	261

Rank places for an industry Open Suffolk County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 1,533,173 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $128.6K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Poquott, New York: $114 per resident (US $2,008).

Obligations: $128.6K; −32% vs FY2025
Per resident: $114; US $2,008
Sole-source: 35%; US 30%
Single offer: 24%; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$75.7K59%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$31.2K24%
Social Security Administration$16.1K13%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$5,6024.4%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

166.5KFY2017
139.9KFY2018
149.8KFY2019
157.1KFY2020
81.3KFY2021
149.4KFY2022
103.8KFY2023
190.2K

Top industries (NAICS)

Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$39.7K31%
Architectural and structural metals manufacturing · 3323$32.2K25%
Offices of physicians · 6211$16.1K13%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$11.2K8.7%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$10.8K8.4%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Poquott, New York, so they do not add up across cities.

Poquott, New York's figures are part of those of Suffolk County, NY ($1.7B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Poquott is mostly in Suffolk County.

See federal money in Suffolk County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Poquott, New York is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Suffolk County93100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ68

Other cities and towns in Suffolk County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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