Poughkeepsie vs Spackenkill

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

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

Poughkeepsie has the higher population (31,778 vs 4,244 in Spackenkill). Spackenkill has the higher median household income ($135,219 vs $60,050 in Poughkeepsie). Spackenkill has the higher median home value ($407,800 vs $259,200 in Poughkeepsie).

Population, income & housing

	Poughkeepsie	Spackenkill
Population	31,778	4,244
Median age	37.9 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,050	$135,219
Median home value	$259,200	$407,800
Median gross rent	$1,370	—
Housing units	14,254	1,641
Homeownership rate	39.2%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	66.9%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poughkeepsie	Spackenkill
Population	30,381 → 31,778 (+4.6%)	4,053 → 4,244 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$43,794 → $60,050 (+37.1%)	$122,337 → $135,219 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$196,800 → $259,200 (+31.7%)	$283,600 → $407,800 (+43.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,113 → $1,370 (+23.1%)	—

Poughkeepsie

Population

30,38131,778

Median household income

$43,794$60,050

Median home value

$196,800$259,200

Median gross rent

$1,113$1,370

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)

	Poughkeepsie	Spackenkill
Under 5	5.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.0%	16.1%
18 to 24	9.5%	6.5%
25 to 34	17.0%	9.2%
35 to 44	15.4%	11.1%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	17.2%
65 to 74	9.8%	16.7%
75 and over	7.5%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poughkeepsie	Spackenkill
White (non-Hispanic)	34.5%	67.0%
Black or African American	31.3%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	11.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	24.7%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Poughkeepsie	Spackenkill
No high school diploma	12.7%	3.0%
High school graduate	30.2%	7.7%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	31.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	35.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Poughkeepsie	Spackenkill
Drove alone	63.5%	73.7%
Carpooled	11.8%	6.8%
Public transit	6.4%	6.2%
Walked	6.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	11.3%
Other means	3.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poughkeepsie	Spackenkill
1-unit, detached	27.0%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	35.5%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	17.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Poughkeepsie	Spackenkill
Poverty rate	18.0%	3.5%
Average household size	2.29	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1952	1965