Watervliet vs Westmere

A side-by-side comparison of Watervliet and Westmere: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Watervliet has the higher population (10,285 vs 7,616 in Westmere). Westmere has the higher median household income ($86,398 vs $55,897 in Watervliet). Westmere has the higher median home value ($291,200 vs $176,200 in Watervliet).

Population, income & housing

	Watervliet	Westmere
Population	10,285	7,616
Median age	39.0 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,897	$86,398
Median home value	$176,200	$291,200
Median gross rent	$1,076	$1,660
Housing units	5,980	3,580
Homeownership rate	34.8%	51.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	48.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Watervliet	Westmere
Population	10,050 → 10,285 (+2.3%)	6,933 → 7,616 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$43,803 → $55,897 (+27.6%)	$68,523 → $86,398 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$145,200 → $176,200 (+21.3%)	$232,800 → $291,200 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$884 → $1,076 (+21.7%)	$1,260 → $1,660 (+31.7%)

Watervliet

Population

10,05010,285

Median household income

$43,803$55,897

Median home value

$145,200$176,200

Median gross rent

$884$1,076

Westmere

Population

6,9337,616

Median household income

$68,523$86,398

Median home value

$232,800$291,200

Median gross rent

$1,260$1,660

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Watervliet	Westmere
Under 5	4.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	12.3%	14.7%
18 to 24	12.5%	10.6%
25 to 34	14.3%	13.3%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.6%
75 and over	6.4%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Watervliet	Westmere
White (non-Hispanic)	73.8%	66.2%
Black or African American	8.7%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	10.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.9%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Watervliet	Westmere
No high school diploma	9.9%	3.6%
High school graduate	31.9%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Watervliet	Westmere
Drove alone	71.0%	72.7%
Carpooled	9.3%	10.4%
Public transit	5.1%	0.2%
Walked	4.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.4%
Worked from home	9.6%	10.5%
Other means	0.2%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Watervliet	Westmere
1-unit, detached	23.7%	49.9%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	53.4%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	29.4%
20 or more units	5.8%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Watervliet	Westmere
Poverty rate	19.9%	4.4%
Average household size	1.95	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1938	1972