Crown Heights vs Rhinebeck

A side-by-side comparison of Crown Heights and Rhinebeck: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Crown Heights has the higher population (3,071 vs 2,674 in Rhinebeck). Crown Heights has the higher median household income ($127,569 vs $75,075 in Rhinebeck). Rhinebeck has the higher median home value ($515,600 vs $321,000 in Crown Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Crown Heights	Rhinebeck
Population	3,071	2,674
Median age	46.0 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$127,569	$75,075
Median home value	$321,000	$515,600
Median gross rent	$1,356	$1,691
Housing units	1,101	1,579
Homeownership rate	87.3%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%	51.2%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crown Heights	Rhinebeck
Population	2,850 → 3,071 (+7.8%)	2,570 → 2,674 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$86,120 → $127,569 (+48.1%)	$64,327 → $75,075 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$217,400 → $321,000 (+47.7%)	$386,200 → $515,600 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,007 → $1,356 (-32.4%)	$1,303 → $1,691 (+29.8%)

Crown Heights

Population

2,8503,071

Median household income

$86,120$127,569

Median home value

$217,400$321,000

Median gross rent

$2,007$1,356

Rhinebeck

Population

2,5702,674

Median household income

$64,327$75,075

Median home value

$386,200$515,600

Median gross rent

$1,303$1,691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crown Heights	Rhinebeck
Under 5	5.6%	3.4%
5 to 17	16.1%	9.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	5.8%
25 to 34	10.7%	12.6%
35 to 44	9.7%	9.2%
45 to 54	15.9%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.7%	15.9%
65 to 74	12.9%	19.3%
75 and over	6.3%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crown Heights	Rhinebeck
White (non-Hispanic)	64.1%	77.3%
Black or African American	2.2%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.4%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.7%	1.7%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crown Heights	Rhinebeck
No high school diploma	5.4%	6.3%
High school graduate	33.3%	13.6%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	34.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crown Heights	Rhinebeck
Drove alone	67.2%	64.6%
Carpooled	17.5%	6.5%
Public transit	8.1%	8.6%
Walked	0.7%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	17.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crown Heights	Rhinebeck
1-unit, detached	70.3%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	23.9%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	10.6%
20 or more units	10.2%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crown Heights	Rhinebeck
Poverty rate	4.1%	2.7%
Average household size	2.84	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	40	33
Median year structure built	1967	1964