Friendship vs Scio

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

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

Friendship has the higher population (783 vs 641 in Scio). Scio has the higher median home value ($125,200 vs $56,600 in Friendship). Since 2019, Scio's population has grown faster (+8.8% vs -27.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Friendship	Scio
Population	783	641
Median age	47.0 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,734	—
Median home value	$56,600	$125,200
Median gross rent	$996	—
Housing units	395	373
Homeownership rate	73.2%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Friendship	Scio
Population	1,074 → 783 (-27.1%)	589 → 641 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$40,500 → $42,734 (+5.5%)	$67,411 → $44,250 (-34.4%)
Median home value	$50,100 → $56,600 (+13.0%)	$71,900 → $125,200 (+74.1%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $996 (+55.6%)	$675 → $893 (+32.3%)

Friendship

Population

1,074783

Median household income

$40,500$42,734

Median home value

$50,100$56,600

Median gross rent

$640$996

Scio

Population

589641

Median household income

$67,411$44,250

Median home value

$71,900$125,200

Median gross rent

$675$893

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Friendship	Scio
Under 5	8.3%	6.6%
5 to 17	11.2%	6.9%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	10.2%	4.4%
35 to 44	8.6%	9.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	17.8%	33.7%
65 to 74	11.9%	16.1%
75 and over	10.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Friendship	Scio
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	91.0%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.9%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Friendship	Scio
No high school diploma	15.3%	0.6%
High school graduate	38.4%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Friendship	Scio
Drove alone	77.5%	92.3%
Carpooled	11.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	3.3%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Friendship	Scio
1-unit, detached	72.9%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Friendship	Scio
Poverty rate	25.5%	24.8%
Average household size	2.44	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1938	1954