Hyde Park vs Red Hook

A side-by-side comparison of Hyde Park and Red Hook: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Red Hook has the higher population (2,119 vs 2,100 in Hyde Park). Red Hook has the higher median household income ($104,022 vs $86,346 in Hyde Park). Red Hook has the higher median home value ($344,300 vs $287,400 in Hyde Park).

Population, income & housing

	Hyde Park	Red Hook
Population	2,100	2,119
Median age	44.1 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$86,346	$104,022
Median home value	$287,400	$344,300
Median gross rent	$1,040	$1,141
Housing units	987	1,061
Homeownership rate	74.6%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	57.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hyde Park	Red Hook
Population	1,997 → 2,100 (+5.2%)	1,899 → 2,119 (+11.6%)
Median household income	$76,574 → $86,346 (+12.8%)	$65,850 → $104,022 (+58.0%)
Median home value	$233,700 → $287,400 (+23.0%)	$279,300 → $344,300 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$964 → $1,040 (+7.9%)	$1,032 → $1,141 (+10.6%)

Hyde Park

Population

1,9972,100

Median household income

$76,574$86,346

Median home value

$233,700$287,400

Median gross rent

$964$1,040

Red Hook

Population

1,8992,119

Median household income

$65,850$104,022

Median home value

$279,300$344,300

Median gross rent

$1,032$1,141

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hyde Park	Red Hook
Under 5	4.2%	3.4%
5 to 17	13.7%	14.4%
18 to 24	10.3%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.3%	7.1%
35 to 44	12.0%	16.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	16.8%	14.3%
75 and over	5.7%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hyde Park	Red Hook
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	86.8%
Black or African American	7.4%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.7%
Two or more races	1.2%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hyde Park	Red Hook
No high school diploma	7.6%	5.0%
High school graduate	18.4%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	21.7%	37.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hyde Park	Red Hook
Drove alone	71.8%	67.3%
Carpooled	14.1%	9.6%
Public transit	4.8%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	9.3%	18.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hyde Park	Red Hook
1-unit, detached	84.2%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Hyde Park	Red Hook
Poverty rate	11.4%	8.0%
Average household size	2.19	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	35	19
Median year structure built	1954	1981