Green Island vs Ravena

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

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

Ravena has the higher population (3,256 vs 2,966 in Green Island). Ravena has the higher median household income ($77,163 vs $70,281 in Green Island). Ravena has the higher median home value ($194,400 vs $137,300 in Green Island).

Population, income & housing

	Green Island	Ravena
Population	2,966	3,256
Median age	34.1 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,281	$77,163
Median home value	$137,300	$194,400
Median gross rent	$1,081	$1,042
Housing units	1,758	1,648
Homeownership rate	25.1%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Green Island	Ravena
Population	2,592 → 2,966 (+14.4%)	3,210 → 3,256 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$55,104 → $70,281 (+27.5%)	$60,036 → $77,163 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$134,800 → $137,300 (+1.9%)	$169,500 → $194,400 (+14.7%)
Median gross rent	$824 → $1,081 (+31.2%)	$897 → $1,042 (+16.2%)

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

Ravena

Population

3,2103,256

Median household income

$60,036$77,163

Median home value

$169,500$194,400

Median gross rent

$897$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Green Island	Ravena
Under 5	8.8%	4.6%
5 to 17	7.1%	11.3%
18 to 24	10.3%	14.8%
25 to 34	24.9%	11.6%
35 to 44	3.4%	7.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	18.2%
55 to 64	17.9%	17.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.6%
75 and over	5.8%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Green Island	Ravena
White (non-Hispanic)	66.4%	84.3%
Black or African American	9.4%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Green Island	Ravena
No high school diploma	9.8%	12.4%
High school graduate	39.2%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Green Island	Ravena
Drove alone	66.3%	79.0%
Carpooled	4.2%	6.9%
Public transit	9.5%	0.0%
Walked	6.1%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Green Island	Ravena
1-unit, detached	21.6%	57.6%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	58.3%	16.6%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	12.6%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Green Island	Ravena
Poverty rate	23.2%	6.1%
Average household size	2.00	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1938	1967