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41.12° N · 73.91° W · GEOID 3676386

Upper Nyack

Rockland County, New York · part of the New York, NY metro

Limited data population under 5,000

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The short answer

Upper Nyack is home to 1,991 people. Median household income is $188,125 a year and median rent is $2,393 a month, 15.3% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $719,000, about 3.8x annual median household income.

Median gross rent
$2,393
75% above the median place
Median household income
$188,125
134% above the median place
Median home value
$719,000
125% above the median place
Unemployment
6.8%
38% above the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Upper Nyack

  • After the median rent, and with prices for everything else adjusted to the US average, the median household has about $151,600 a year left, more than in 94% of the 1,875 places under 10,000 people we track.
  • Owning with a mortgage costs about $1,608 a month more than the median rent, a wider gap than in 95% of places its size.
  • 94% of homes are owner-occupied, more than in 95% of places its size.
  • 72% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, a larger share than in 95% of places its size.
  • 31% of workers mostly work from home, more than in 94% of places its size.

Rent is light relative to pay, but the county has a FEMA natural hazard risk score of 88 out of 100. Budget for insurance before counting the savings.

01

Moving to Upper Nyack

Rockland County loses about 10.6 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in9,004
Moved out12,086
Net−3,082

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Orange County, NY7641,268−504
Kings County, NY1,366529+837
Bergen County, NJ5771,286−709
New York County, NY519439+80
Queens County, NY512252+260

Within New York, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within New YorkOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$95K
Leavers$107K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Rockland County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
3.2% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 1.9% from another state.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Rockland County report $94,800 a year in income on average; those leaving, $106,600, so leavers earn more than newcomers.
Income you would need
$95,700 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $2,393 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $4,001 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $719,000.
Getting to work
39 minutes each way on average; 30.9% work from home; 5.1% take transit.
If it is close but not quite
Annapolis Neck, MD matches it on character. Compare the two
Moved here in the past year1
3.2%
44% below the median place
Moved from another state1
1.9%
6% below the median place
Net movers per 1,000 people8
-10.6
below the median place (median -0.6)
All 5 moving measures
MeasureUpper NyackAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year13.2%44% below
Moved from another state11.9%6% below
Net movers per 1,000 people8County figure-10.6below (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in8County figure$94,78434% above
Income of households moving out8County figure$106,60152% above
02

What it costs to live here

Homeownership is 94.0%, 42% above the median place.

Upper Nyack15.3%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$95,720
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
15.3%
25% below the median place
Home price to income
3.8x
1% above the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
15%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$151,400
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Upper Nyack, $2,393 a month, and local prices for everything else (105.2 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Upper Nyack, but easier on the budget

Close matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income.

PlaceRent to incomeMore left a year
Neshanic Station, NJ11.6% vs 15.3%$34,500Compare
South Barrington, IL11.9% vs 15.3%$40,000Compare
Lake Bluff, IL12.1% vs 15.3%$24,400Compare

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Homeownership1
94.0%
42% above the median place
Owner costs with a mortgage1
$4,001
114% above the median place
Property tax paid (median)1
$10,001
206% above the median place
All 15 cost and housing measures
MeasureUpper NyackAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$2,39375% above
Rent to income115.3%25% below
Home price to income13.8x1% above
Prices vs US average2Metro figure112.612% above
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$2,97184% above
HUD area median income4County figure$128,80020% above
Property tax paid (median)1$10,001206% above
Median home value1$719,000125% above
Home prices, 1-year change5County figure4.8%50% above
Home prices, 5-year change5County figure56.1%9% above
Homeownership194.0%42% above
Renters paying 30%+1County figure62.5%24% above
Owner costs with a mortgage1$4,001114% above
Vacant homes1County figure4.7%34% below
Median year built119571% below
03

Work and pay

Mean commute is 39 min, 58% above the median place.

Mean commute1
39 min
58% above the median place
Median household income1
$188,125
134% above the median place
Income per person1
$88,489
121% above the median place

More on work and pay, against the typical place

Works from home30.9% 2.5×
Commutes by transit5.1% 6.0×
Unemployment6.8% +38%
Poverty rate10.4% −4%
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureUpper NyackAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$188,125134% above
Income per person1$88,489121% above
Unemployment16.8%38% above
Average annual pay6County figure$67,5592% above
Pay growth, 1 year6County figure4.2%14% above
Jobs6County figure138,2348% below
Poverty rate110.4%4% below
Mean commute139 min58% above
Works from home130.9%148% above
Commutes by transit15.1%above (median 0.8%)
04

Who lives here

High school or higher is 98.7%, 7% above the median place.

High school or higher1
98.7%
7% above the median place
Bachelor's or higher1
72.3%
126% above the median place
Median age1
51.4
32% above the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

Household size2.7 +6%
Born abroad10.8% +22%
Homes with broadband92.9% +1%
All 9 people measures
MeasureUpper NyackAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population11,9916646th largest
Population change since 202073.0%157% above
Median age151.432% above
Bachelor's or higher172.3%126% above
High school or higher198.7%7% above
Household size12.76% above
Born abroad110.8%22% above
No health insurance1County figure4.1%36% below
Homes with broadband192.9%1% above
05

Life in Upper Nyack

4 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places, 2 of them National Historic Landmarks.

  • Upper Nyack Firehouse listed 1982
  • First Methodist Episcopal Church of Nyack listed 1998
  • Brookside listed 2012
  • Shadowcliff listed 2014

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents5.0 −51%
Playgrounds per 10k10.1 +7%
Grocery stores per 10k0.0 −100%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k10.1 −10%
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails5 km 2.4×
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.0 −100%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars24.2 +16%
Shops38.8 +28%
Arts, recreation and fitness5.8 +41%
Doctors' offices and clinics25.1 +24%
Child care centers3.9 +70%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Public schools12
1
89% below the median place
Public school students12
395
92% below the median place
Students per teacher12
11.0
29% below the median place
All 16 schools and local life measures
MeasureUpper NyackAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools12189% below
Public school students1239592% below
Students per teacher1211.029% below
Restaurants and bars per 10k9County figure24.216% above
Shops per 10k9County figure38.828% above
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k9County figure5.841% above
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k9County figure25.124% above
Child care centers per 10k9County figure3.970% above
Parks per 10k105.051% below
Playgrounds per 10k1010.17% above
Grocery stores per 10k100.0below (median 2.1)
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k1010.110% below
Libraries per 10k100.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails104.7135% above
Transit stops per sq mi100.0below (median 0.2)
National Register listings11469% below
06

Safety, weather and risk

Wildfire risk is 14.6, 76% below the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Upper Nyack. Larger places are fetched first.

Wildfire risk14
14.6
76% below the median place
Good air days15
85.5%
25% above the median place
Median air quality index15
37
14% below the median place
All 11 weather and risk measures
MeasureUpper NyackAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high13County figure85°F3% below
January average low13County figure21°F19% below
Average temperature13County figure52°F6% below
Annual precipitation13County figure48.3 in10% above
Natural hazard risk14County figure88.44% below
Hurricane risk14County figure85.621% above
Tornado risk14County figure77.55% below
Wildfire risk14County figure14.676% below
Heat wave risk14County figure90.40% above
Median air quality index15County figure3714% below
Good air days15County figure85.5%25% above
08

Upper Nyack in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 15% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 15% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$2,393/mo (2024)$3,060/mo$2,510 to $3,730/mo+4.2%
Median household income$188,125 (2024)$237,000$200,500 to $280,500+3.9%
Median home value$719,000 (2024)$1,000,000$726,000 to $1,377,000+5.6%
Population2,087 (2025)2,1402,050 to 2,230+0.5%

The median home would be worth 4.2 years of the median income in 2030, against 3.8 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Upper Nyack

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Annapolis Neck, MD$2,489$173,879Compare
Gold River, CA$2,448$175,120Compare
Woodmoor, CO$2,276$171,875Compare
Huntington, NY$2,529$168,095Compare
Huntington, NYWoodmoor, COGold River, CAAnnapolis Neck, MDUpper Nyack, NYUpper NyackAnnapolis NeckGold RiverWoodmoorHuntingtonUpper NyackAnnapolis NeckGold RiverWoodmoorHuntington

Common questions

Is Upper Nyack a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. After the median rent, and with prices for everything else adjusted to the US average, the median household has about $151,600 a year left, more than in 94% of the 1,875 places under 10,000 people we track. Owning with a mortgage costs about $1,608 a month more than the median rent, a wider gap than in 95% of places its size. On cost, space and class size it scores 93 out of 100 for families. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Upper Nyack expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 15.3% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a lighter load here than usual. The median home is valued at $719,000.

What salary do you need to live in Upper Nyack?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $95,720 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Upper Nyack?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Annapolis Neck, MD, Gold River, CA, Woodmoor, CO and Huntington, NY.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. Population Estimates · US Census Bureau · Vintage 2025
  8. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  9. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  10. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  11. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  12. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  13. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  14. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  15. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Upper Nyack with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Upper Nyack itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/upper-nyack-new-york

Citytistics. “Upper Nyack, New York.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/upper-nyack-new-york/

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