Poughkeepsie, NY
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Poughkeepsie ranks 83rd for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 39th for income. A household earns $95,125 a year while median rent runs $1,688/mo, making it moderately affordable for what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 9% above the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is household income (39th of 300), while commute is the soft spot (296th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 251st and home prices 234th among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
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On $75,000 for just you in Poughkeepsie, your take-home is worth about $52,817 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it less than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 39th of 300$95,125
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 290th of 300109 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $86,934
- Per-capita income
- $47,087
- Full-time pay
- $51,958
Housing
- Median rent
- 251st of 300$1,688/mo
- Home value
- 234th of 300$434,900
- Property tax
- $8,114/yr · 1.9%
- Sales tax
- 8.53%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 198th of 3004.9%
- Bachelor's+
- 107th of 30037.1%
- Avg commute
- 296th of 30033.9 min
People
- Population
- 711,730
- Median age
- 39.6 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 13.2%
- Broadband
- 93.1%
Environment & risk
- Natural-hazard loss
- 83rd of 300$10/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 69th of 30016.2%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 8.1%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Affordability
- + Household income
- + Hazard safety
- + Health
Watch-outs
- – Cost of living
- – Rent
- – Home prices
- – Commute
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — poughkeepsie ap.
What jobs pay in Poughkeepsie
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $286,060
- IT managers
- $175,170
- Financial managers
- $146,910
- Software developers
- $145,830
- Pharmacists
- $140,080
- Lawyers
- $138,630
- Registered nurses
- $102,890
- General & operations managers
- $102,140
- Civil engineers
- $98,180
- Secondary school teachers
- $89,320
- Accountants & auditors
- $88,900
- Police officers
- $87,930
- Elementary school teachers
- $81,770
- Electricians
- $70,100
- Web developers
- $67,600
- Plumbers
- $64,990
- Carpenters
- $63,540
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $62,760
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $55,160
- Construction laborers
- $53,940
- Waiters & waitresses
- $46,950
- Customer service reps
- $45,550
- Janitors
- $37,730
- Retail salespersons
- $36,160
- Cashiers
- $35,000
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Poughkeepsie metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in New York are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- New Jersey1,932
- Pennsylvania1,363
- Florida1,228
- California735
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Poughkeepsie metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Poughkeepsie metro?
- Median gross rent across the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area is $1,688 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Poughkeepsie.
- What is the median household income in the Poughkeepsie metro?
- A typical household in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area earns $95,125 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Poughkeepsie expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area runs about 9% above the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are higher than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Poughkeepsie metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $86,934 (versus its face value of $95,125). CityLedger rates the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area moderately affordable for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Poughkeepsie metro?
- The median home value across the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area is $434,900 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Poughkeepsie metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area is 4.9% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).