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New Berlin vs Butternuts
Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against New York.
What stands out worked out from the figures below
New Berlin has the most kids (24.7% under 18).
Butternuts has the highest household income ($90k).
What matters to you?
Pick a few. We’ll pull those rows to the top and mark which town comes out ahead on each. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.
| Measure | New Berlin | Butternuts |
|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | ||
| People | ||
| Population | 2,639Highest |
1,743Lowest |
| Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census | -5.9%Highest NY: +4.2% |
-6.8%Lowest NY: +4.2% |
| Median age | 43.7±10.7Lowest 10% above NY |
48.1±12.7Highest 21% above NY |
| Butternuts and New Berlin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Kids under 18 | 24.7%±3.8Highest NY: 20.5% |
15.5%±3.7Lowest NY: 20.5% |
| Age 65+ | 26.8%±2.9Lowest NY: 17.9% |
27.3%±2.5Highest NY: 17.9% |
| Butternuts and New Berlin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ | 21%Lowest NY: 40.2% |
34.1%Highest NY: 40.2% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 1.1%±1.2Lowest NY: 7% |
5.8%±2.9Highest NY: 7% |
| Cost of living | ||
| Household incomemedian | $62,159±$11kLowest 28% below NY |
$90,313±$19kHighest 5% above NY |
| Butternuts and New Berlin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Home valuemedian, owner-occupied | $144,500±$21kLowest 66% below NY |
$209,100±$25kHighest 51% below NY |
| Rentmedian gross, monthly | $715±$149Lowest 56% below NY |
$1,159±$229Highest 29% below NY |
| Property taxmedian, yearly | $3,315Highest 50% below NY |
$2,822Lowest 57% below NY |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | 31.6%±13.6Lowest NY: 52.1% |
53.1%±46.1Highest NY: 52.1% |
| Butternuts and New Berlin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Below poverty line | 16.2%Highest NY: 14% |
5.5%Lowest NY: 14% |
| Housing | ||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 74.8%Lowest NY: 54.3% |
94.5%Highest NY: 54.3% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1953Lowest 6 yrs older than NY |
1967Highest 8 yrs newer than NY |
| Getting to work | ||
| Average commuteone way | 20 minLowest 38% below NY |
31 minHighest 6% below NY |
| Work from home | 9.6%±5.1Lowest NY: 14.9% |
10.9%±4.5Highest NY: 14.9% |
| Butternuts and New Berlin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Schools | ||
| Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading | #473 of 484 in NY | — |
| School district | UNADILLA VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT | GILBERTSVILLE-MOUNT UPTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT |
| High school in town | UNADILLA VALLEY SECONDARY SCHOOL | GILBERTSVILLE-MOUNT UPTON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL |
| Students per teacherat that high school | 10.1Highest |
7.8Lowest |
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| Old photos in History | None yet | None yet |
NY average · Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020–2024; 2010 & 2020 decennial census; NCES Common Core of Data. “±” is the Census margin of error. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. School rank compares math and reading proficiency against the state average.