Cassadaga vs Sunset Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Cassadaga and Sunset Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cassadaga has the higher population (515 vs 392 in Sunset Bay). Sunset Bay has the higher median home value ($215,400 vs $113,100 in Cassadaga). Since 2019, Cassadaga's population has grown faster (-15.3% vs -33.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Cassadaga	Sunset Bay
Population	515	392
Median age	49.1 yrs	65.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,357	—
Median home value	$113,100	$215,400
Median gross rent	$638	—
Housing units	263	355
Homeownership rate	92.5%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	16.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cassadaga	Sunset Bay
Population	608 → 515 (-15.3%)	592 → 392 (-33.8%)
Median household income	$47,708 → $70,357 (+47.5%)	$68,281 → $64,500 (-5.5%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $113,100 (+6.1%)	$99,500 → $215,400 (+116.5%)
Median gross rent	$624 → $638 (+2.2%)	—

Cassadaga

Population

608515

Median household income

$47,708$70,357

Median home value

$106,600$113,100

Median gross rent

$624$638

Sunset Bay

Population

592392

Median household income

$68,281$64,500

Median home value

$99,500$215,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cassadaga	Sunset Bay
Under 5	5.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	14.4%	5.9%
18 to 24	8.7%	2.6%
25 to 34	4.9%	6.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	6.4%
45 to 54	15.5%	6.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	18.9%
65 to 74	13.0%	27.3%
75 and over	13.4%	23.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cassadaga	Sunset Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.4%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cassadaga	Sunset Bay
No high school diploma	7.8%	26.2%
High school graduate	33.5%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cassadaga	Sunset Bay
Drove alone	65.5%	27.9%
Carpooled	15.5%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	31.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	26.2%
Other means	10.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cassadaga	Sunset Bay
1-unit, detached	94.3%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Cassadaga	Sunset Bay
Poverty rate	7.8%	35.2%
Average household size	2.51	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	30	—
Median year structure built	1941	1958