For reference, a household making $250K in NY ain’t rich. That’d probably be like making $80K in Sweet Home Alabama.
A regular suburban 3 or 4 bedroom house in Westchester or a nearby county will cost you $25K a year in property taxes alone. Retail sales taxes will be another 7-8%
$250K anywhere from Albany south to NYC will barely afford a small family a middle-class lifestyle
HOUSEHOLD would indicate both partners working.