Sidney vs Stamford

A side-by-side comparison of Sidney and Stamford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sidney has the higher population (3,865 vs 1,101 in Stamford). Sidney has the higher median household income ($49,226 vs $46,250 in Stamford). Stamford has the higher median home value ($177,200 vs $116,100 in Sidney).

Population, income & housing

	Sidney	Stamford
Population	3,865	1,101
Median age	31.4 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,226	$46,250
Median home value	$116,100	$177,200
Median gross rent	$815	$793
Housing units	1,950	644
Homeownership rate	46.6%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sidney	Stamford
Population	3,854 → 3,865 (+0.3%)	1,370 → 1,101 (-19.6%)
Median household income	$40,341 → $49,226 (+22.0%)	$41,579 → $46,250 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$81,900 → $116,100 (+41.8%)	$118,100 → $177,200 (+50.0%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $815 (+31.9%)	$648 → $793 (+22.4%)

Sidney

Population

3,8543,865

Median household income

$40,341$49,226

Median home value

$81,900$116,100

Median gross rent

$618$815

Stamford

Population

1,3701,101

Median household income

$41,579$46,250

Median home value

$118,100$177,200

Median gross rent

$648$793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sidney	Stamford
Under 5	10.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.9%	12.4%
18 to 24	14.3%	8.9%
25 to 34	13.1%	15.7%
35 to 44	4.6%	11.4%
45 to 54	15.5%	15.3%
55 to 64	11.7%	9.9%
65 to 74	8.4%	12.5%
75 and over	7.8%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sidney	Stamford
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	91.1%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sidney	Stamford
No high school diploma	9.6%	7.8%
High school graduate	35.3%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sidney	Stamford
Drove alone	67.9%	68.3%
Carpooled	15.0%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	16.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	5.2%
Other means	7.6%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sidney	Stamford
1-unit, detached	61.9%	52.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	31.8%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	4.2%
20 or more units	5.0%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Sidney	Stamford
Poverty rate	22.6%	20.4%
Average household size	2.44	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1948	1938