Beacon vs Haviland

A side-by-side comparison of Beacon and Haviland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beacon has the higher population (14,629 vs 3,694 in Haviland). Beacon has the higher median household income ($93,347 vs $86,806 in Haviland). Beacon has the higher median home value ($422,000 vs $268,500 in Haviland).

Population, income & housing

	Beacon	Haviland
Population	14,629	3,694
Median age	41.6 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$93,347	$86,806
Median home value	$422,000	$268,500
Median gross rent	$1,675	$1,149
Housing units	6,658	1,424
Homeownership rate	59.5%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.8%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beacon	Haviland
Population	13,634 → 14,629 (+7.3%)	3,300 → 3,694 (+11.9%)
Median household income	$71,193 → $93,347 (+31.1%)	$74,132 → $86,806 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$278,700 → $422,000 (+51.4%)	$208,700 → $268,500 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,323 → $1,675 (+26.6%)	$1,283 → $1,149 (-10.4%)

Beacon

Population

13,63414,629

Median household income

$71,193$93,347

Median home value

$278,700$422,000

Median gross rent

$1,323$1,675

Haviland

Population

3,3003,694

Median household income

$74,132$86,806

Median home value

$208,700$268,500

Median gross rent

$1,283$1,149

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beacon	Haviland
Under 5	4.9%	2.5%
5 to 17	15.1%	20.4%
18 to 24	4.8%	5.4%
25 to 34	15.1%	12.1%
35 to 44	15.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	17.1%	15.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	14.9%
65 to 74	7.9%	12.0%
75 and over	5.7%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beacon	Haviland
White (non-Hispanic)	64.3%	81.1%
Black or African American	10.9%	10.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beacon	Haviland
No high school diploma	10.9%	3.4%
High school graduate	21.2%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	21.2%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beacon	Haviland
Drove alone	62.6%	80.8%
Carpooled	4.6%	6.9%
Public transit	8.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.5%	10.6%
Other means	0.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beacon	Haviland
1-unit, detached	52.5%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.4%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	9.8%
20 or more units	12.1%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Beacon	Haviland
Poverty rate	8.4%	3.4%
Average household size	2.21	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	41	27
Median year structure built	1953	1969