Beacon vs Poughkeepsie

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

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

Poughkeepsie has the higher population (31,778 vs 14,629 in Beacon). Beacon has the higher median household income ($93,347 vs $60,050 in Poughkeepsie). Beacon has the higher median home value ($422,000 vs $259,200 in Poughkeepsie).

Population, income & housing

	Beacon	Poughkeepsie
Population	14,629	31,778
Median age	41.6 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$93,347	$60,050
Median home value	$422,000	$259,200
Median gross rent	$1,675	$1,370
Housing units	6,658	14,254
Homeownership rate	59.5%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.8%	31.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beacon	Poughkeepsie
Population	13,634 → 14,629 (+7.3%)	30,381 → 31,778 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$71,193 → $93,347 (+31.1%)	$43,794 → $60,050 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$278,700 → $422,000 (+51.4%)	$196,800 → $259,200 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,323 → $1,675 (+26.6%)	$1,113 → $1,370 (+23.1%)

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

Poughkeepsie

Population

30,38131,778

Median household income

$43,794$60,050

Median home value

$196,800$259,200

Median gross rent

$1,113$1,370

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beacon	Poughkeepsie
Under 5	4.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.1%	14.0%
18 to 24	4.8%	9.5%
25 to 34	15.1%	17.0%
35 to 44	15.0%	15.4%
45 to 54	17.1%	9.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	11.6%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.8%
75 and over	5.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beacon	Poughkeepsie
White (non-Hispanic)	64.3%	34.5%
Black or African American	10.9%	31.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.4%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.7%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	24.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beacon	Poughkeepsie
No high school diploma	10.9%	12.7%
High school graduate	21.2%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	21.2%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beacon	Poughkeepsie
Drove alone	62.6%	63.5%
Carpooled	4.6%	11.8%
Public transit	8.3%	6.4%
Walked	2.7%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.5%
Worked from home	20.5%	8.3%
Other means	0.9%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beacon	Poughkeepsie
1-unit, detached	52.5%	27.0%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	17.4%	35.5%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	12.4%
20 or more units	12.1%	17.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Beacon	Poughkeepsie
Poverty rate	8.4%	18.0%
Average household size	2.21	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	41	22
Median year structure built	1953	1952