Cuba vs Houghton

A side-by-side comparison of Cuba and Houghton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cuba has the higher population (1,755 vs 1,685 in Houghton). Houghton has the higher median household income ($87,188 vs $68,229 in Cuba). Houghton has the higher median home value ($153,300 vs $86,100 in Cuba).

Population, income & housing

	Cuba	Houghton
Population	1,755	1,685
Median age	34.0 yrs	21.2 yrs
Median household income	$68,229	$87,188
Median home value	$86,100	$153,300
Median gross rent	$794	$975
Housing units	716	323
Homeownership rate	60.1%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	74.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cuba	Houghton
Population	1,416 → 1,755 (+23.9%)	1,639 → 1,685 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$50,329 → $68,229 (+35.6%)	$62,188 → $87,188 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$67,200 → $86,100 (+28.1%)	$119,200 → $153,300 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$604 → $794 (+31.5%)	$642 → $975 (+51.9%)

Cuba

Population

1,4161,755

Median household income

$50,329$68,229

Median home value

$67,200$86,100

Median gross rent

$604$794

Houghton

Population

1,6391,685

Median household income

$62,188$87,188

Median home value

$119,200$153,300

Median gross rent

$642$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cuba	Houghton
Under 5	5.3%	2.4%
5 to 17	21.9%	12.5%
18 to 24	10.3%	51.5%
25 to 34	14.9%	6.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	5.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	7.9%
55 to 64	11.6%	4.4%
65 to 74	5.8%	4.0%
75 and over	5.8%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cuba	Houghton
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cuba	Houghton
No high school diploma	5.6%	6.7%
High school graduate	37.5%	10.1%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	8.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	41.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cuba	Houghton
Drove alone	68.6%	40.8%
Carpooled	13.4%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.4%	37.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.6%	15.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cuba	Houghton
1-unit, detached	55.6%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	26.4%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.1%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cuba	Houghton
Poverty rate	12.2%	16.2%
Average household size	2.74	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	18	14
Median year structure built	1938	1967