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Northeast · New York · pop 8.3M

New York, NY

Fit score

Fair match

at the reference profile: one person earning $6,700/mo gross, default weights.

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After estimated taxes in NY, your $6,700/mo income nets about $5,077 — covering estimated essentials here (about $2,083 rent plus everyday costs incl. local sales tax) with roughly $269 left over.

Expect summer highs near 85°F, winter lows around 27°F, and about 224 sunny days a year.

There's plenty to do — roughly 35 restaurants, arts, and recreation spots per 10k residents.

Tradeoff: home prices run high relative to local incomes, so buying may take longer than elsewhere.

AFFORD 59HOUSIN 7JOBS 31SAFETY 69CLIMAT 100AMENIT 96

The New York fit print

Est. monthly cost

$4,808/mo

Typical rent

$2,450/mo

Home value ÷ income

9.2×

Score breakdown

Affordability
59
Housing
7
Jobs
31
Safety
69
Climate
100
Amenities
96

The data behind the score

Money (Census ACS · HUD)

Median gross rent
$1,750/mo
HUD fair market rent (2BR)
$2,450/mo
Median home value
$700,000
Median household income
$76,000
Population
8,340,000

Work (BLS)

Unemployment rate
4.7%
Job growth (1yr)
0.6%

Safety (FBI CDE, per 100k)

Violent crime rate
570
Property crime rate
1,900

Climate (NOAA normals)

Avg. summer high
85°F
Avg. winter low
27°F
Sunny days / year
224
Days ≥100°F by 2050 (air temp)
≈4/yr
Dangerous humid days by 2050 (feels-like)
≈45/yr
Unhealthy air days
≈11/yr
Annual rain
47"
Annual snow
25"

Community & access (approx.)

2024 county margin
D+37
Int'l airport
≈15 mi
Walkability
88/100
Disaster risk
45/100
Buying instead of renting? New York's effective property tax runs about 1.54% of home value per year (≈$898/mo on the median $700,000 home). Our affordability score is rent-based, so this isn't double-counted.
A citywide number is an average. Rent, safety, and everything else vary block by block — treat these figures as a starting point and research specific neighborhoods before committing.

Data vintage: sample-approx-2024. Sources & methodology — this deployment is running the bundled sample dataset; figures are approximate.

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