City safety & data profile

CoramNY

Coram, NY is a 39K-resident city in Suffolk County with a median household income of $105,220.

Suffolk County, New York. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Coram, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Coram has a population larger than 73% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $452,100.

Data updated 2026-09-03

39K
Population (place)
Top 27%
By size
$105,220
Median income (place)
$452,100
Median home (place)
7.5%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Coram

Coram posts a median household income higher than 73% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 27%
by median income, US cities

Where Coram income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$105,220 Top 27% higher than 73% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Coram $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in NY

Population among 197 NY places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows New York City is the largest NY city on this list; Scarsdale leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in NY

Median household income among the same 197-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Scarsdale posts the highest place-level median income in NY; New York City is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Coram, NY beyond the headline numbers

Coram sits inside Suffolk County, New York, at roughly 40.87°N, -73.00°W. Population 39,113, $105,220 median household income. Median home value $452,100, median rent $2,492. Poverty rate 7.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

At 7.5%, poverty in Coram, NY runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

A median home in Coram runs about 4.3 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Remote work covers 8.5% of Coram workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 40.3% in Coram, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

3.3% of Coram workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 43.5 years, Coram's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Coram from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
39,113
Coram · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$105,220
+18% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$452,100
+9% vs avg
Median Age (place)
43.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Suffolk County): Coram's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
1.5M+2%
Median Income
$130,686+49%
Median Home Value
$578,400+51%
Poverty Rate
6.4%+0%
Unemployment
4.7%-36%

Economics

Economics indicators for Coram, NY
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,492/mo
Poverty Rate
7.5% -40% vs avg
Unemployment 4.6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 36.1%
Work From Home 8.5%
Public Transit 3.3%

Population

White 58.7%
African American 15.2%
Asian 3.7%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
40.3%
High Blood Pressure
31.9%
Obesity
30.7%
Physical Inactivity
24.6%
Binge Drinking
16.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
15.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
12.1%
Current Asthma
10.7%
Current Smoking
10.3%
Diabetes
10.1%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 64.5%
Annual Checkup 81.5%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
6.8%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.6%
Stroke
3%

What alerts and safety updates affect Coram?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Coram right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet NY-CORAM · Coram

Coram: 1 tagged alert; lead category NSW RFS bushfire alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 1 on record
  • MIX-LED 100% au-bushfires
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston

Tagged alert mix: Coram

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Coram.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Coram; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse New York state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (1 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Houston, TX 1 alerts Washington, DC 1 alerts Nashville, TN 1 alerts Portland, OR 1 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Coram, NY? ▼
Coram, NY has a population of 39,113 people, located in Suffolk County, New York.
What is the median household income in Coram? ▼
The median household income in Coram, NY is $105,220 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 7.5%.
What is the median home value in Coram? ▼
The median home value in Coram, NY is $452,100. Median rent is $2,492/month.
What are the top health concerns in Coram? ▼
The top health indicators in Coram include Short Sleep Duration (40.3%), High Blood Pressure (31.9%), Obesity (30.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Coram? ▼
The median age in Coram, NY is 43.5 years. 36.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Coram, both outside New York so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside NY (7.5% here).

Columbia, MD 7.5% Roswell, GA 7.5% Riverview, FL 7.5% Culver City, CA 7.5%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside NY ($105,220 here).

Lakeland North, WA $105,216 Camano, WA $105,231 Pasadena, CA $105,192 Monroe, OH $105,250

Compare Coram with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

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Using Coram's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Coram area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Coram against New York peers on any ranking lens. Explore New York

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Suffolk County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.