Germantown vs Kinderhook

A side-by-side comparison of Germantown and Kinderhook: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kinderhook has the higher population (1,201 vs 1,107 in Germantown). Kinderhook has the higher median household income ($88,438 vs $86,313 in Germantown). Germantown has the higher median home value ($356,300 vs $349,600 in Kinderhook).

Population, income & housing

	Germantown	Kinderhook
Population	1,107	1,201
Median age	56.7 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$86,313	$88,438
Median home value	$356,300	$349,600
Median gross rent	$672	$1,063
Housing units	685	653
Homeownership rate	71.0%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.0%	50.2%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Germantown	Kinderhook
Population	796 → 1,107 (+39.1%)	1,304 → 1,201 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$73,043 → $86,313 (+18.2%)	$81,964 → $88,438 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$268,100 → $356,300 (+32.9%)	$249,100 → $349,600 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,000 → $672 (-32.8%)	$792 → $1,063 (+34.2%)

Germantown

Population

7961,107

Median household income

$73,043$86,313

Median home value

$268,100$356,300

Median gross rent

$1,000$672

Kinderhook

Population

1,3041,201

Median household income

$81,964$88,438

Median home value

$249,100$349,600

Median gross rent

$792$1,063

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Germantown	Kinderhook
Under 5	2.7%	1.7%
5 to 17	10.2%	10.6%
18 to 24	1.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	8.8%	4.9%
35 to 44	15.3%	7.5%
45 to 54	6.4%	21.1%
55 to 64	23.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	16.2%	19.6%
75 and over	15.1%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Germantown	Kinderhook
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	90.7%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Germantown	Kinderhook
No high school diploma	5.5%	3.1%
High school graduate	17.1%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	28.7%	27.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Germantown	Kinderhook
Drove alone	55.3%	52.5%
Carpooled	16.2%	3.6%
Public transit	5.6%	0.6%
Walked	3.6%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.7%	1.1%
Worked from home	18.6%	32.2%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Germantown	Kinderhook
1-unit, detached	71.7%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	3.8%
20 or more units	12.7%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Germantown	Kinderhook
Poverty rate	9.8%	6.6%
Average household size	1.82	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1961	1953