Green Island vs Preston-Potter Hollow

A side-by-side comparison of Green Island and Preston-Potter Hollow: population, income, housing, and more.

Green Island and Preston-Potter Hollow are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Green Island has the higher population (2,966 vs 426 in Preston-Potter Hollow). Preston-Potter Hollow has the higher median household income ($118,467 vs $70,281 in Green Island). Preston-Potter Hollow has the higher median home value ($219,400 vs $137,300 in Green Island).

Population, income & housing

	Green Island	Preston-Potter Hollow
Population	2,966	426
Median age	34.1 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,281	$118,467
Median home value	$137,300	$219,400
Median gross rent	$1,081	—
Housing units	1,758	331
Homeownership rate	25.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	40.9%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Green Island	Preston-Potter Hollow
Population	2,592 → 2,966 (+14.4%)	296 → 426 (+43.9%)
Median household income	$55,104 → $70,281 (+27.5%)	$48,056 → $118,467 (+146.5%)
Median home value	$134,800 → $137,300 (+1.9%)	$151,600 → $219,400 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$824 → $1,081 (+31.2%)	—

Green Island

Population

2,5922,966

Median household income

$55,104$70,281

Median home value

$134,800$137,300

Median gross rent

$824$1,081

Preston-Potter Hollow

Population

296426

Median household income

$48,056$118,467

Median home value

$151,600$219,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Green Island	Preston-Potter Hollow
Under 5	8.8%	1.9%
5 to 17	7.1%	2.3%
18 to 24	10.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	24.9%	7.7%
35 to 44	3.4%	1.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	36.4%
55 to 64	17.9%	20.2%
65 to 74	9.9%	21.4%
75 and over	5.8%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Green Island	Preston-Potter Hollow
White (non-Hispanic)	66.4%	95.8%
Black or African American	9.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Green Island	Preston-Potter Hollow
No high school diploma	9.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	39.2%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	38.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Green Island	Preston-Potter Hollow
Drove alone	66.3%	79.9%
Carpooled	4.2%	1.3%
Public transit	9.5%	0.0%
Walked	6.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	18.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Green Island	Preston-Potter Hollow
1-unit, detached	21.6%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	58.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Green Island	Preston-Potter Hollow
Poverty rate	23.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.00	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1938	1963