Chelsea Cove vs MacDonnell Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Chelsea Cove and MacDonnell Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

MacDonnell Heights has the higher population (1,438 vs 1,398 in Chelsea Cove). MacDonnell Heights has the higher median household income ($138,589 vs $84,193 in Chelsea Cove). MacDonnell Heights has the higher median home value ($293,300 vs $250,900 in Chelsea Cove).

Population, income & housing

	Chelsea Cove	MacDonnell Heights
Population	1,398	1,438
Median age	31.6 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$84,193	$138,589
Median home value	$250,900	$293,300
Median gross rent	$2,683	—
Housing units	465	519
Homeownership rate	76.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	62.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chelsea Cove	MacDonnell Heights
Population	1,427 → 1,398 (-2.0%)	1,283 → 1,438 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$70,735 → $84,193 (+19.0%)	$111,224 → $138,589 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$176,800 → $250,900 (+41.9%)	$227,000 → $293,300 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,571 → $2,683 (+4.4%)	—

Chelsea Cove

Population

1,4271,398

Median household income

$70,735$84,193

Median home value

$176,800$250,900

Median gross rent

$2,571$2,683

MacDonnell Heights

Population

1,2831,438

Median household income

$111,224$138,589

Median home value

$227,000$293,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chelsea Cove	MacDonnell Heights
Under 5	8.3%	19.4%
5 to 17	28.5%	4.9%
18 to 24	9.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	28.7%
35 to 44	15.5%	3.7%
45 to 54	8.5%	9.3%
55 to 64	13.0%	8.8%
65 to 74	4.5%	10.6%
75 and over	1.9%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chelsea Cove	MacDonnell Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	41.8%	87.6%
Black or African American	27.3%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	26.1%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chelsea Cove	MacDonnell Heights
No high school diploma	11.2%	3.4%
High school graduate	35.1%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chelsea Cove	MacDonnell Heights
Drove alone	72.7%	74.4%
Carpooled	9.3%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	5.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chelsea Cove	MacDonnell Heights
1-unit, detached	8.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	74.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chelsea Cove	MacDonnell Heights
Poverty rate	7.7%	0.0%
Average household size	3.32	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	33	57
Median year structure built	1985	1957