10956New City, New York

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 10956.

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How this area ranks
SchoolsTop 29% of 4,422 published ZIP areas68
Housing affordabilityTop 28% of 6,685 published ZIP areas92
Climate4335th of 6,789 published ZIP areas65
Physical resilienceTop 18% of 6,709 published ZIP areas84
Access4179th of 6,791 published ZIP areas90
Economic stabilityTop 15% of 6,742 published ZIP areas78
The quick read

In the public schools here, 52% of students met the state standard in mathematics, with 11.3 students for every teacher.

Rent takes 14% of median household income here, below the 30% threshold conventionally called cost-burdened, and the median home is 3.7 times that income.

Natural-hazard exposure is lower than in most comparable published ZIP profiles, placing 10956 in the top 18% for physical resilience.

At a glance

Population
31,898
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$177,952
Top 2% nationally
Density
2,068/sq mi
15.4 sq mi of land
Median age
42.4
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
New City
New York
Metro area
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
Nearest major airport
SWF
25 mi · New York Stewart Intl
Median home value
$662,400
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

58% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 92% of measured US ZIP areas.

Household income is higher than at least 98% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$15,876$177,952Top 2%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$2,913$63,150Top 9%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate3.8%Bottom 14%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute37.4 minTop 12%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher57.6%Top 8%2024 ACS 5-Year
Labor force participation63.0%Top 41%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$86,310Top 13%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$61,430Top 15%2025 OEWS
Median household income, successive ACS releases
2021202220232024179k157k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $177,952 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Home Health and Personal Care Aides644,700$39,680
Retail Salespersons202,080$38,280
Registered Nurses197,740$119,720
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners183,030$42,840
General and Operations Managers177,850$157,000
Cashiers173,830$35,950

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

52% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 58% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 11.3 students for every full-time teacher, fewer than in most measured places.

Public schools
8
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
11.3
across all schools here
Math proficiency
52.0%
Top 34% in New York
Reading proficiency
58.4%
Top 43% in New York
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
CLARKSTOWN NORTH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLCLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT1,20910.3
SUMMIT PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLEAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY)65915.722%17%
NEW CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT44611.265%77%
WOODGLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT39810.251%61%
LAUREL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT36910.571%81%
LINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT36611.164%72%
LITTLE TOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT26412.062%77%
ROCKLAND COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENTCLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT73.5

33.0% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with rather than how the schools perform, which is why AreaProfile shows it and does not score it.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Schools are placed by ZIP code, so this is which schools are in this place rather than which one a particular address is zoned for — district boundaries do not follow municipal ones, and enrollment zones change. Fully virtual schools are excluded: they enroll students from across the state while reporting one administrative address, and counting them here would describe a school population this place does not have. The assessment covers grades 3 through 8, so a high school shows no proficiency figure — a dash in those columns means the test was not given at that school, not that it performed badly. Proficiency is measured against New York’s own standard, so it compares cleanly within the state and only broadly against other states; AreaProfile therefore ranks it within state. The directory is current, while the proficiency figures are from the last school year with national coverage before the pandemic interrupted testing.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $2,064 takes 14% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 3.7 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.

Rent as a share of income
13.9%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
3.7×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$2,064
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$662,400
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income3.72Top 34%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate93.3%Top 12%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±39310,040Top 16%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$297$2,064Top 7%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$13,841$662,400Top 7%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income13.9%Bottom 22%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate2.1%Bottom 9%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →

No building-permit activity is published for this location by the Census Building Permits Survey.

Weather & climate

5 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 83°F and January a low of 22°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 47.8 inches.

Air quality measures a median index of 37, in the Good band, and about 5 days a year pass 100, the threshold at which the air is unhealthy for sensitive groups.

10°30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station WESTCHESTER CO AP, 16.1 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND4.9"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
90th percentile air quality index54.02024 calendar year
Annual precipitation47.8"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low22°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high83°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months51991-2020 Normals
Days above AQI 10052024 calendar year
Median air quality index37.02024 calendar year
Seasonal temperature swing44°F1991-2020 Normals
Air quality
Median air quality index
37
Good on a typical day
Worst tenth of days
54
90th percentile index
Days above 100
5
unhealthy for sensitive groups

A comfortable median and a bad tail are different problems. Wildfire smoke and summer ozone show up in the worst tenth of days, not in the middle of the year.

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today. Air quality is measured rather than modelled, by EPA monitors, and published by county only where a monitor sits — roughly half the counties AreaProfile publishes have one, and the rest show nothing rather than an estimate. Air masses are regional, so a county reading describes the air over a place reasonably well, but it is still the county reading.

Physical risk

84 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are earthquake, hurricane and landslide.

EarthquakeElevated
HurricaneModerate
LandslideModerate

Low or minimal exposure: strong wind, winter weather, inland flooding, lightning, heat wave, cold wave, ice storm, tornado, coastal flooding, avalanche, drought, hail, wildfire.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offences. AreaProfile does not publish reported crime, and this is not a substitute for it — it says nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Rockland County records 2.2 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, lower than most counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 4.1 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, because nationally most firearm deaths are suicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 9.4 per 100,000 residents in Rockland County.

Homicide
2.2
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Firearm deaths, all intents
4.1
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Drug overdose
9.4
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Suicide
6.2
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides. The two columns overlap and should not be added.

Age-adjusted rates from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC for Rockland County as a whole — these rates are not published below county level. A county can hold both a dense city centre and a suburb whose experience of it is nothing alike, so this describes the county around 10956 rather than 10956 itself. That is why AreaProfile shows these figures and does not put them in the Area Score. Where fewer than ten deaths were recorded the count is suppressed at source, and a rate built on single figures moves sharply between releases. What this measure has that reported crime does not: a death certificate is filed whether or not the local police agency submitted a return that year, so the figures stay comparable between places and over time.

What this profile does not cover

Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Reported crime
The FBI’s Crime Data Explorer is the only source for reported offences with national coverage and a published method, and it requires an API key AreaProfile does not hold. Arrest counts, news volume and commercial “safety scores” are not substituted in the meantime. What is published above under Safety is a different measurement — deaths rather than offences, from death certificates rather than police returns — and it covers no property crime at all.
Taxes
No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, transparent methodology and update cadence. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Full cost of living
No public source publishes one with national coverage and a documented method. Housing affordability above is computed from published rent, price and income, and excludes transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes — commuting cost in particular tends to offset suburban housing savings.

Access

5 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 25 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
New York Stewart IntlSWF25 mi11,817 ft
Newark Liberty IntlEWR33 mi9,999 ft
John F Kennedy IntlJFK37 mi14,511 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
safetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
April, 2025 to March, 2026Quarterly, with a rolling twelve-month window alongside complete calendar years
schoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2019-20 school year; 2024-25 school yearDirectory annually; assessment results as EDFacts releases them
ClimateU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System
Daily Air Quality Index by county
2024 calendar yearAnnually, once a calendar year is complete

Profile recalculated August 30, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

10956 vs New City

How this ZIP area compares with New City as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

10956
New City
Median household income
$177,952
vs
$173,046
Per capita income
$63,150
vs
$62,179
Population density
2,068/sq mi
vs
2,229/sq mi
Median home value
$662,400
vs
$650,700
Median gross rent
$2,064
vs
$2,242
Homeownership rate
93.3%
vs
93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher
57.6%
vs
58.3%
Poverty rate
3.8%
vs
4.3%
Median age
42.4
vs
42.8

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.