Crown Heights vs Spackenkill

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

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

Spackenkill has the higher population (4,244 vs 3,071 in Crown Heights). Spackenkill has the higher median household income ($135,219 vs $127,569 in Crown Heights). Spackenkill has the higher median home value ($407,800 vs $321,000 in Crown Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Crown Heights	Spackenkill
Population	3,071	4,244
Median age	46.0 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$127,569	$135,219
Median home value	$321,000	$407,800
Median gross rent	$1,356	—
Housing units	1,101	1,641
Homeownership rate	87.3%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%	66.9%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crown Heights	Spackenkill
Population	2,850 → 3,071 (+7.8%)	4,053 → 4,244 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$86,120 → $127,569 (+48.1%)	$122,337 → $135,219 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$217,400 → $321,000 (+47.7%)	$283,600 → $407,800 (+43.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,007 → $1,356 (-32.4%)	—

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

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)

	Crown Heights	Spackenkill
Under 5	5.6%	3.9%
5 to 17	16.1%	16.1%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.5%
25 to 34	10.7%	9.2%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.1%
45 to 54	15.9%	11.2%
55 to 64	15.7%	17.2%
65 to 74	12.9%	16.7%
75 and over	6.3%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crown Heights	Spackenkill
White (non-Hispanic)	64.1%	67.0%
Black or African American	2.2%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.4%	11.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crown Heights	Spackenkill
No high school diploma	5.4%	3.0%
High school graduate	33.3%	7.7%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	31.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	35.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crown Heights	Spackenkill
Drove alone	67.2%	73.7%
Carpooled	17.5%	6.8%
Public transit	8.1%	6.2%
Walked	0.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	11.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crown Heights	Spackenkill
1-unit, detached	70.3%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crown Heights	Spackenkill
Poverty rate	4.1%	3.5%
Average household size	2.84	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	40	30
Median year structure built	1967	1965