Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety97#33/924
Economy80#184/925
Housing4#888/925
Health97#31/925
Healthcare80#190/923
Environment61#354/917
Education73#253/925
Infrastructure71#265/925
Community55#420/925
Leisure & amenities82#163/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Public transit commuters · high4.3%
98/100New York 21.6%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Firearm deaths · low5.1 /100k
98/100New York 4.2 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Suicide rate · low9.1 /100k
98/100New York 8.5 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Median household income · high$98,233
96/100New York $85,768United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Depression · low18.8%
96/100New York 18.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low5.1%
93/100New York 5.9%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010

Weaknesses

Average commute time · high32.8 min
1/100New York 32.6 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Effective property tax rate · high1.88%
2/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Severe housing problems · high19.1%
10/100New York 22.5%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Rent as share of income · high32.8%
11/100New York 31.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Rent-burdened households · high55.0%
12/100New York 52.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Social associations · low7.1 /10k
13/100New York 7.9 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 31% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
+31 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
33.2 /100k (2021) → 15.8 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−52%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
High ozone daysImproving
1 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−52%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
83.6% (2015-2019) → 91.2% (2020-2024)
+7.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Violent crime rateImproving
191 /100k (2020) → 126 /100k (2025)
−34%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k
Property crime rateImproving
1,084 /100k (2020) → 720 /100k (2025)
−34%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k

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, Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area improved on 12 of 23 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 0 moved within the margin of error and 7 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

Unemployment−4.2 points7.8% → 3.6%
Bachelor's++4.2 points32.4% → 36.6%
Overdose deaths−53%33.4 /100k → 15.8 /100k
Violent crime−34%191 /100k → 126 /100k
Suicides−8.8%9.9 /100k → 9.1 /100k

Declined4

Grocery stores−5.6%2.1 /10k → 2.0 /10k
Gyms−6.5%1.2 /10k → 1.1 /10k
Pharmacies−11%2.2 /10k → 1.9 /10k
Traffic deaths+11%7.8 /100k → 8.6 /100k

All 23 measures

Change of every measure of Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.6 /10k2020	5.2 /10k2025	+12%	Improved	59%
Average commute time	33.3 min2015-2019	32.8 min2020-2024	−0.5 min	Little change	77%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%2015-2019	36.6%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Improved	82%
Broadband subscriptions	83.6%2015-2019	91.2%2020-2024	+7.6 points	Improved	32%
Distance to an airport	40 mi2020	40 mi2025	−0 mi	Little change	88%
Drug overdose deaths	33.4 /100k2020	15.8 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−53%	Improved	84%
Firearm deaths	5.3 /100k2020	5.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−3.6%	Little change	55%
Grocery stores	2.1 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	−5.6%	Declined	33%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.2 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	−6.5%	Declined	28%
High school diploma or higher	90.3%2015-2019	90.8%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Little change	13%
Homicide rate	2.6 /100k2020	2.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−17%	Improved	40%
Income adjusted for local prices	$48,8722019	$62,3522024	+28%	Improved	20%
New business applications	10.3 /1k2020	12.4 /1k2025	+20%	Improved	16%
Pharmacies	2.2 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	−11%	Declined	43%
Property crime rate	1,084 /100k2020	720 /100k2025	−34%	Improved	50%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	−0.4%	Little change	61%
Public transit commuters	5.3%2015-2019	4.3%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Little change	16%
Rent-burdened households	56.1%2015-2019	55.0%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Improved	67%
Restaurants and bars	10.1 /10k2020	10.2 /10k2025	+1.1%	Little change	50%
Suicide rate	9.9 /100k2020	9.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−8.8%	Improved	77%
Traffic deaths	7.8 /100k2015-2019	8.6 /100k2020-2024	+11%	Declined	43%
Unemployment rate	7.8%2020	3.6%2025	−4.2 points	Improved	83%
Violent crime rate	191 /100k2020	126 /100k2025	−34%	Improved	81%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area 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, Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area itself moved +1.2 points in standing on average over the same 22 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

704,836 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59

Income

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

Household income

254,883 households (±1,124)

Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area
United States share

Under $25k12%29,729
$25k–50k14%35,686
$50k–75k13%33,347
$75k–100k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

254,883 households (±1,124)

Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area
United States share

Own68%174,449
Rent32%80,434

Table view

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

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

329,548 workers (±2,819)

Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area
United States share

Drive alone68%223,429
Carpool8.6%28,267
Public transit4.3%14,314
Walk

Jobs and pay

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

The 10 largest occupations in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY employ 67,380 people. 9 pay a median above the US median and 1 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Home Health and Personal Care Aides10,750 jobs	10,750	$39,040US $35,800	+9%	1.44×
Retail Salespersons9,890 jobs	9,890	$36,160US $35,410	+2%	1.47×
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand7,030 jobs	7,030	$44,510US $40,240	+11%	1.38×
Stockers and Order Fillers6,500 jobs	6,500	$40,350US $37,330	+8%	1.33×
Fast Food and Counter Workers6,280 jobs	6,280	$35,320US $31,200	+13%	0.94×
Registered Nurses5,760 jobs	5,760	$102,890US $97,550	+5%	0.99×
General and Operations Managers5,430 jobs	5,430	$102,140US $105,770	−3%	0.9×
Cashiers5,350 jobs	5,350	$35,000US $32,880	+6%	1.0×
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners5,270 jobs	5,270	$37,730US $36,840	+2%	1.38×
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary5,120 jobs	5,120	$37,760US $36,780	+3%	2.08×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

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.

Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY has 18,144 employer establishments, 256 for every 10,000 residents (1.03× the US rate of 248), with 222,821 paid employees at an average annual pay of $54,433. The Census Bureau also counts 60,857 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 18,144; 60,857 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 256; US 248
Paid employees: 222,821
Average annual pay: $54,433; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	1,549	21.9	1.19×About typical	18,737	$25,016	342
Specialty trade contractors	1,504	21.3	1.37×More than typical	8,275	$69,102	3,607
Ambulatory health care services	1,225	17.3	0.83×About typical	18,228	$72,580	3,199
Construction of buildings	837	11.8	1.56×More than typical	3,330	$53,910	1,726
Full-service restaurants	723	10.2	1.33×More than typical	9,756	$27,951	154
Lessors of real estate	711	10	0.82×About typical	2,320	$56,966	7,656
Services to buildings and dwellings	688	9.7	1.44×More than typical	4,133	$42,211	2,536
Building equipment contractors	600	8.5	1.41×More than typical	3,912	$68,201	792
Limited-service restaurants	592	8.4	1.04×About typical	6,855	$21,066	130
Personal care services	474	6.7	1.40×More than typical	1,947	$23,754	1,862
Landscaping services	446	6.3	1.80×More than typical	1,607	$54,510	901
Automotive repair and maintenance	442	6.2	1.24×About typical	2,314	$48,804	481

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 707,630 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $208.1M on contracts performed in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area: $290 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $208.1M; −35% vs FY2025
Per resident: $290; US $2,007
Sole-source: 9.7%; US 30%
Single offer: 11%; 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

Department of the Army$118.7M57%
Department of Veterans Affairs$55.8M27%
Defense Logistics Agency$7.2M3.4%
Department of Defense Education Activity$7.1M3.4%
Department of the Navy$4.3M2.1%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$2.8M1.4%
United States Mint$2.5M1.2%
National Archives and Records Administration$2.5M1.2%

Top recipients

CDEEM CO$32.7M16%
STV HDR USMA JOINT VENTURE$28.5M14%
ELEVATED TECHNOLOGIES SERVICES, LLC$7.4M3.5%
ACCESS: SUPPORTS FOR LIVING INC.$6.6M3.2%
IRON SWORD ENTERPRISES, LLC$6.5M3.1%

Spending by fiscal year

1BFY2017
570.7MFY2018
566.3MFY2019
499.7MFY2020
589.1MFY2021
439.3MFY2022
536.8MFY2023
429.7M

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$68.2M33%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$29.5M14%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$11.7M5.6%
Facilities support services · 5612$10.5M5.1%
Special food services · 7223$8.1M3.9%
Scientific research and development services · 5417

Largest awards

PARKING STRUCTURE FUNDED$211.7M
DOBCO INC· Orange County, NY· Construction & real property· Dec 4, 2020 – May 18, 2026· W912DS21C0002
THIS CONTRACT IS AWARDED FOR THE OWNERSHIP, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITY SYSTEMS AT U.S. ARMY GARRISON WEST POINT, NEW YORK.$163M
AMERICAN WATER MILITARY SERVICES, LLC· Orange County, NY· Facilities & utilities· Sep 30, 2019 – Dec 2, 2025· SP060019C8327
THIS CONTRACT IS AWARDED FOR THE OWNERSHIP, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AT U.S. ARMY GARRISON WEST POINT, NY.$95.3M
CITY LIGHT & POWER AWP, LLC· Orange County, NY· Facilities & utilities· Sep 29, 2017 – Jun 8, 2026· SP060017C8326

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $4B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area: $5,601 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $4B; −4.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,601; US $12,975
Loan face value: $134.7M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$2.7B67%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$393.1M9.8%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$236M5.9%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$211.5M5.3%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$90.1M2.2%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$68.8M1.7%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$41.6M1.0%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$37.3M0.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NEW YORK$79.1M2.0%
ALBANY, NY
U.T.A. MESIVTA OF KIRYAS JOEL$25.9M0.6%
MONROE, NY
THE CHILDREN'S HOME OF POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y.$23.6M0.6%
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY
ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE$11M0.3%
MIDDLETOWN, NY
ASTOR SERVICES FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$3.4B85%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$279M6.9%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$79.8M2.0%
Federal Highway Administration$79.2M2.0%
Department of Transportation
Administration for Children and Families$46.8M

Assistance by fiscal year

3.6BFY2021
3.4BFY2022
3.6BFY2023
3.9BFY2024
4.2BFY2025
4BFY2026

County aggregates

93%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in New York

Areas based in New York, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-10-06
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved12

Declined4

Metro and micro areas like Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Look up any occupation

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

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Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in New York

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved12

Declined4

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

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Top industries (NAICS)

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What was bought