Beacon vs Myers Corner

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

Beacon and Myers Corner 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 10,786 in Myers Corner). Myers Corner has the higher median household income ($109,133 vs $93,347 in Beacon). Beacon has the higher median home value ($422,000 vs $379,400 in Myers Corner).

Population, income & housing

	Beacon	Myers Corner
Population	14,629	10,786
Median age	41.6 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$93,347	$109,133
Median home value	$422,000	$379,400
Median gross rent	$1,675	$1,246
Housing units	6,658	4,038
Homeownership rate	59.5%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.8%	40.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beacon	Myers Corner
Population	13,634 → 14,629 (+7.3%)	6,777 → 10,786 (+59.2%)
Median household income	$71,193 → $93,347 (+31.1%)	$110,563 → $109,133 (-1.3%)
Median home value	$278,700 → $422,000 (+51.4%)	$297,800 → $379,400 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,323 → $1,675 (+26.6%)	$1,098 → $1,246 (+13.5%)

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

Myers Corner

Population

6,77710,786

Median household income

$110,563$109,133

Median home value

$297,800$379,400

Median gross rent

$1,098$1,246

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beacon	Myers Corner
Under 5	4.9%	3.2%
5 to 17	15.1%	14.5%
18 to 24	4.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	15.1%	9.4%
35 to 44	15.0%	8.6%
45 to 54	17.1%	15.8%
55 to 64	14.4%	17.7%
65 to 74	7.9%	12.6%
75 and over	5.7%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beacon	Myers Corner
White (non-Hispanic)	64.3%	68.3%
Black or African American	10.9%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	3.3%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	15.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beacon	Myers Corner
No high school diploma	10.9%	4.9%
High school graduate	21.2%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	21.2%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beacon	Myers Corner
Drove alone	62.6%	71.7%
Carpooled	4.6%	8.6%
Public transit	8.3%	2.5%
Walked	2.7%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.5%	15.4%
Other means	0.9%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beacon	Myers Corner
1-unit, detached	52.5%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	17.4%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	5.2%
20 or more units	12.1%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Beacon	Myers Corner
Poverty rate	8.4%	4.9%
Average household size	2.21	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	41	29
Median year structure built	1953	1976