Poughkeepsie vs Wappingers Falls

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

Poughkeepsie and Wappingers Falls 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 5,694 in Wappingers Falls). Poughkeepsie has the higher median household income ($60,050 vs $58,455 in Wappingers Falls). Wappingers Falls has the higher median home value ($277,000 vs $259,200 in Poughkeepsie).

Population, income & housing

	Poughkeepsie	Wappingers Falls
Population	31,778	5,694
Median age	37.9 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,050	$58,455
Median home value	$259,200	$277,000
Median gross rent	$1,370	$1,490
Housing units	14,254	2,611
Homeownership rate	39.2%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poughkeepsie	Wappingers Falls
Population	30,381 → 31,778 (+4.6%)	5,648 → 5,694 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$43,794 → $60,050 (+37.1%)	$50,083 → $58,455 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$196,800 → $259,200 (+31.7%)	$228,200 → $277,000 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,113 → $1,370 (+23.1%)	$1,293 → $1,490 (+15.2%)

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

Wappingers Falls

Population

5,6485,694

Median household income

$50,083$58,455

Median home value

$228,200$277,000

Median gross rent

$1,293$1,490

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Poughkeepsie	Wappingers Falls
Under 5	5.3%	3.0%
5 to 17	14.0%	13.3%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.6%
25 to 34	17.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	15.4%	12.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	14.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	14.0%
75 and over	7.5%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poughkeepsie	Wappingers Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	34.5%	60.0%
Black or African American	31.3%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	1.2%
Two or more races	6.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	24.7%	29.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Poughkeepsie	Wappingers Falls
No high school diploma	12.7%	20.6%
High school graduate	30.2%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Poughkeepsie	Wappingers Falls
Drove alone	63.5%	63.1%
Carpooled	11.8%	14.9%
Public transit	6.4%	2.6%
Walked	6.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	11.0%
Other means	3.4%	6.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poughkeepsie	Wappingers Falls
1-unit, detached	27.0%	20.1%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	35.5%	35.4%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	15.2%
20 or more units	17.4%	16.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Poughkeepsie	Wappingers Falls
Poverty rate	18.0%	4.8%
Average household size	2.29	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1952	1956