Green Island vs Voorheesville

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

Green Island and Voorheesville 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 2,828 in Voorheesville). Voorheesville has the higher median household income ($106,250 vs $70,281 in Green Island). Voorheesville has the higher median home value ($299,300 vs $137,300 in Green Island).

Population, income & housing

	Green Island	Voorheesville
Population	2,966	2,828
Median age	34.1 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,281	$106,250
Median home value	$137,300	$299,300
Median gross rent	$1,081	$1,157
Housing units	1,758	1,128
Homeownership rate	25.1%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	53.2%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Green Island	Voorheesville
Population	2,592 → 2,966 (+14.4%)	2,801 → 2,828 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$55,104 → $70,281 (+27.5%)	$97,938 → $106,250 (+8.5%)
Median home value	$134,800 → $137,300 (+1.9%)	$233,400 → $299,300 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$824 → $1,081 (+31.2%)	$994 → $1,157 (+16.4%)

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

Voorheesville

Population

2,8012,828

Median household income

$97,938$106,250

Median home value

$233,400$299,300

Median gross rent

$994$1,157

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Green Island	Voorheesville
Under 5	8.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	7.1%	19.3%
18 to 24	10.3%	11.1%
25 to 34	24.9%	7.9%
35 to 44	3.4%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	17.9%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.9%	13.4%
75 and over	5.8%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Green Island	Voorheesville
White (non-Hispanic)	66.4%	90.8%
Black or African American	9.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.5%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Green Island	Voorheesville
No high school diploma	9.8%	1.2%
High school graduate	39.2%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	35.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Green Island	Voorheesville
Drove alone	66.3%	72.3%
Carpooled	4.2%	9.4%
Public transit	9.5%	0.1%
Walked	6.1%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	16.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Green Island	Voorheesville
1-unit, detached	21.6%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	58.3%	21.1%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	4.8%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Green Island	Voorheesville
Poverty rate	23.2%	5.8%
Average household size	2.00	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1938	1970