Horseheads vs Horseheads North

A side-by-side comparison of Horseheads and Horseheads North: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Horseheads has the higher population (6,494 vs 2,600 in Horseheads North). Horseheads North has the higher median household income ($84,139 vs $59,267 in Horseheads). Horseheads North has the higher median home value ($206,800 vs $133,400 in Horseheads).

Population, income & housing

	Horseheads	Horseheads North
Population	6,494	2,600
Median age	46.0 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,267	$84,139
Median home value	$133,400	$206,800
Median gross rent	$1,126	$1,176
Housing units	3,459	1,166
Homeownership rate	62.6%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Horseheads	Horseheads North
Population	6,446 → 6,494 (+0.7%)	2,613 → 2,600 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$50,443 → $59,267 (+17.5%)	$63,606 → $84,139 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$116,000 → $133,400 (+15.0%)	$160,600 → $206,800 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$978 → $1,126 (+15.1%)	$1,053 → $1,176 (+11.7%)

Horseheads

Population

6,4466,494

Median household income

$50,443$59,267

Median home value

$116,000$133,400

Median gross rent

$978$1,126

Horseheads North

Population

2,6132,600

Median household income

$63,606$84,139

Median home value

$160,600$206,800

Median gross rent

$1,053$1,176

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Horseheads	Horseheads North
Under 5	4.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	11.8%	15.9%
18 to 24	10.1%	8.6%
25 to 34	13.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	15.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	15.3%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.2%
75 and over	13.6%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Horseheads	Horseheads North
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	93.3%
Black or African American	3.2%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Horseheads	Horseheads North
No high school diploma	3.3%	0.3%
High school graduate	35.4%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Horseheads	Horseheads North
Drove alone	81.2%	86.8%
Carpooled	11.8%	6.2%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Horseheads	Horseheads North
1-unit, detached	65.2%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Horseheads	Horseheads North
Poverty rate	10.4%	4.2%
Average household size	1.97	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1958	1970