Red Oaks Mill vs Vassar College

A side-by-side comparison of Red Oaks Mill and Vassar College: population, income, housing, and more.

Red Oaks Mill and Vassar College are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Vassar College has the higher population (3,276 vs 3,235 in Red Oaks Mill). Red Oaks Mill has the higher median household income ($137,813 vs $119,836 in Vassar College). Since 2019, Vassar College's population has grown faster (+25.2% vs +1.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Red Oaks Mill	Vassar College
Population	3,235	3,276
Median age	47.7 yrs	20.5 yrs
Median household income	$137,813	$119,836
Median home value	$347,400	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,229
Housing units	1,279	349
Homeownership rate	98.6%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.2%	81.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Red Oaks Mill	Vassar College
Population	3,174 → 3,235 (+1.9%)	2,617 → 3,276 (+25.2%)
Median household income	$110,917 → $137,813 (+24.2%)	$102,462 → $119,836 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$287,400 → $347,400 (+20.9%)	$248,400 → $525,900 (+111.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,604 → $1,615 (+0.7%)	$1,122 → $1,229 (+9.5%)

Red Oaks Mill

Population

3,1743,235

Median household income

$110,917$137,813

Median home value

$287,400$347,400

Median gross rent

$1,604$1,615

Vassar College

Population

2,6173,276

Median household income

$102,462$119,836

Median home value

$248,400$525,900

Median gross rent

$1,122$1,229

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Red Oaks Mill	Vassar College
Under 5	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.8%	1.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	82.8%
25 to 34	7.5%	4.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	4.5%
45 to 54	15.6%	3.3%
55 to 64	24.4%	1.1%
65 to 74	13.1%	1.6%
75 and over	3.0%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Red Oaks Mill	Vassar College
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	63.6%
Black or African American	3.2%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.8%	10.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Red Oaks Mill	Vassar College
No high school diploma	1.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	12.8%	1.2%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	32.3%	73.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Red Oaks Mill	Vassar College
Drove alone	76.2%	11.9%
Carpooled	9.2%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	2.4%
Walked	0.0%	50.3%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.4%
Worked from home	13.2%	27.7%
Other means	0.5%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Red Oaks Mill	Vassar College
1-unit, detached	98.6%	15.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	28.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	56.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Red Oaks Mill	Vassar College
Poverty rate	1.5%	25.4%
Average household size	2.50	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	27	15
Median year structure built	1965	1938