Beacon vs Spackenkill

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

Beacon and Spackenkill 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 4,244 in Spackenkill). Spackenkill has the higher median household income ($135,219 vs $93,347 in Beacon). Beacon has the higher median home value ($422,000 vs $407,800 in Spackenkill).

Population, income & housing

	Beacon	Spackenkill
Population	14,629	4,244
Median age	41.6 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$93,347	$135,219
Median home value	$422,000	$407,800
Median gross rent	$1,675	—
Housing units	6,658	1,641
Homeownership rate	59.5%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.8%	66.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beacon	Spackenkill
Population	13,634 → 14,629 (+7.3%)	4,053 → 4,244 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$71,193 → $93,347 (+31.1%)	$122,337 → $135,219 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$278,700 → $422,000 (+51.4%)	$283,600 → $407,800 (+43.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,323 → $1,675 (+26.6%)	—

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

Spackenkill

Population

4,0534,244

Median household income

$122,337$135,219

Median home value

$283,600$407,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beacon	Spackenkill
Under 5	4.9%	3.9%
5 to 17	15.1%	16.1%
18 to 24	4.8%	6.5%
25 to 34	15.1%	9.2%
35 to 44	15.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	17.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	17.2%
65 to 74	7.9%	16.7%
75 and over	5.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beacon	Spackenkill
White (non-Hispanic)	64.3%	67.0%
Black or African American	10.9%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	11.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beacon	Spackenkill
No high school diploma	10.9%	3.0%
High school graduate	21.2%	7.7%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	31.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.2%	35.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beacon	Spackenkill
Drove alone	62.6%	73.7%
Carpooled	4.6%	6.8%
Public transit	8.3%	6.2%
Walked	2.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.5%	11.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beacon	Spackenkill
1-unit, detached	52.5%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.4%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beacon	Spackenkill
Poverty rate	8.4%	3.5%
Average household size	2.21	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	41	30
Median year structure built	1953	1965