Friendship vs Houghton

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

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

Houghton has the higher population (1,685 vs 783 in Friendship). Houghton has the higher median household income ($87,188 vs $42,734 in Friendship). Houghton has the higher median home value ($153,300 vs $56,600 in Friendship).

Population, income & housing

	Friendship	Houghton
Population	783	1,685
Median age	47.0 yrs	21.2 yrs
Median household income	$42,734	$87,188
Median home value	$56,600	$153,300
Median gross rent	$996	$975
Housing units	395	323
Homeownership rate	73.2%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	74.4%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Friendship	Houghton
Population	1,074 → 783 (-27.1%)	1,639 → 1,685 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$40,500 → $42,734 (+5.5%)	$62,188 → $87,188 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$50,100 → $56,600 (+13.0%)	$119,200 → $153,300 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $996 (+55.6%)	$642 → $975 (+51.9%)

Friendship

Population

1,074783

Median household income

$40,500$42,734

Median home value

$50,100$56,600

Median gross rent

$640$996

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)

	Friendship	Houghton
Under 5	8.3%	2.4%
5 to 17	11.2%	12.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	51.5%
25 to 34	10.2%	6.0%
35 to 44	8.6%	5.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	7.9%
55 to 64	17.8%	4.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	4.0%
75 and over	10.0%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Friendship	Houghton
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	90.9%
Black or African American	2.2%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Friendship	Houghton
No high school diploma	15.3%	6.7%
High school graduate	38.4%	10.1%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	8.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	41.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Friendship	Houghton
Drove alone	77.5%	40.8%
Carpooled	11.6%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	37.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.7%	15.1%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Friendship	Houghton
1-unit, detached	72.9%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Friendship	Houghton
Poverty rate	25.5%	16.2%
Average household size	2.44	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	22	14
Median year structure built	1938	1967