Barrytown vs Wassaic

A side-by-side comparison of Barrytown and Wassaic: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wassaic has the higher population (324 vs 144 in Barrytown). Barrytown has the higher median household income ($115,078 vs $61,875 in Wassaic). Since 2019, Barrytown's population has grown faster (+25.2% vs -30.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Barrytown	Wassaic
Population	144	324
Median age	44.6 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$115,078	$61,875
Median home value	—	$134,700
Housing units	57	118
Homeownership rate	52.6%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.6%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	27.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barrytown	Wassaic
Population	115 → 144 (+25.2%)	468 → 324 (-30.8%)
Median household income	$85,833 → $115,078 (+34.1%)	$62,708 → $61,875 (-1.3%)
Median home value	$426,900 → $300,000 (-29.7%)	$150,000 → $134,700 (-10.2%)

Barrytown

Population

115144

Median household income

$85,833$115,078

Median home value

$426,900$300,000

Wassaic

Population

468324

Median household income

$62,708$61,875

Median home value

$150,000$134,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barrytown	Wassaic
Under 5	0.0%	13.6%
5 to 17	18.1%	24.4%
18 to 24	16.7%	3.1%
25 to 34	13.2%	11.1%
35 to 44	3.5%	17.3%
45 to 54	8.3%	1.9%
55 to 64	15.3%	15.7%
65 to 74	8.3%	1.9%
75 and over	16.7%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barrytown	Wassaic
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	53.1%
Black or African American	4.9%	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%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	46.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barrytown	Wassaic
No high school diploma	3.2%	23.6%
High school graduate	37.2%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	16.0%	13.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.9%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barrytown	Wassaic
Drove alone	70.8%	56.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	26.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.7%
Bicycle	20.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barrytown	Wassaic
1-unit, detached	100.0%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barrytown	Wassaic
Poverty rate	4.2%	2.2%
Average household size	2.53	3.72
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1938	1938