Chelsea Cove vs Merritt Park

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

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

Merritt Park has the higher population (1,723 vs 1,398 in Chelsea Cove). Merritt Park has the higher median household income ($136,250 vs $84,193 in Chelsea Cove). Merritt Park has the higher median home value ($458,500 vs $250,900 in Chelsea Cove).

Population, income & housing

	Chelsea Cove	Merritt Park
Population	1,398	1,723
Median age	31.6 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$84,193	$136,250
Median home value	$250,900	$458,500
Median gross rent	$2,683	$3,501
Housing units	465	750
Homeownership rate	76.5%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	42.6%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chelsea Cove	Merritt Park
Population	1,427 → 1,398 (-2.0%)	1,727 → 1,723 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$70,735 → $84,193 (+19.0%)	$128,281 → $136,250 (+6.2%)
Median home value	$176,800 → $250,900 (+41.9%)	$386,500 → $458,500 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,571 → $2,683 (+4.4%)	$2,654 → $3,501 (+31.9%)

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

Merritt Park

Population

1,7271,723

Median household income

$128,281$136,250

Median home value

$386,500$458,500

Median gross rent

$2,654$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chelsea Cove	Merritt Park
Under 5	8.3%	4.2%
5 to 17	28.5%	16.2%
18 to 24	9.2%	5.1%
25 to 34	10.7%	5.9%
35 to 44	15.5%	15.5%
45 to 54	8.5%	16.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	16.8%
65 to 74	4.5%	11.5%
75 and over	1.9%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chelsea Cove	Merritt Park
White (non-Hispanic)	41.8%	65.2%
Black or African American	27.3%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	18.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	26.1%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chelsea Cove	Merritt Park
No high school diploma	11.2%	2.5%
High school graduate	35.1%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chelsea Cove	Merritt Park
Drove alone	72.7%	74.6%
Carpooled	9.3%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	7.3%
Walked	5.8%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chelsea Cove	Merritt Park
1-unit, detached	8.6%	22.4%
1-unit, attached	74.8%	58.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	15.3%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chelsea Cove	Merritt Park
Poverty rate	7.7%	5.3%
Average household size	3.32	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	33	42
Median year structure built	1985	2007