Salt Point vs Wassaic

A side-by-side comparison of Salt Point and Wassaic: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wassaic has the higher population (324 vs 259 in Salt Point). Salt Point has the higher median household income ($141,141 vs $61,875 in Wassaic). Salt Point has the higher median home value ($235,700 vs $134,700 in Wassaic).

Population, income & housing

	Salt Point	Wassaic
Population	259	324
Median age	47.6 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$141,141	$61,875
Median home value	$235,700	$134,700
Housing units	77	118
Homeownership rate	75.3%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	27.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Salt Point	Wassaic
Population	206 → 259 (+25.7%)	468 → 324 (-30.8%)
Median household income	$84,261 → $141,141 (+67.5%)	$62,708 → $61,875 (-1.3%)
Median home value	$219,500 → $235,700 (+7.4%)	$150,000 → $134,700 (-10.2%)

Salt Point

Population

206259

Median household income

$84,261$141,141

Median home value

$219,500$235,700

Wassaic

Population

468324

Median household income

$62,708$61,875

Median home value

$150,000$134,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Salt Point	Wassaic
Under 5	2.7%	13.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	24.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.1%
25 to 34	29.3%	11.1%
35 to 44	17.0%	17.3%
45 to 54	4.2%	1.9%
55 to 64	31.3%	15.7%
65 to 74	12.4%	1.9%
75 and over	3.1%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Salt Point	Wassaic
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	53.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	18.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	46.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Salt Point	Wassaic
No high school diploma	0.0%	23.6%
High school graduate	40.5%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	13.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Salt Point	Wassaic
Drove alone	75.8%	56.5%
Carpooled	8.1%	26.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	8.7%
Other means	4.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Salt Point	Wassaic
1-unit, detached	90.9%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Salt Point	Wassaic
Poverty rate	4.7%	2.2%
Average household size	3.36	3.72
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1962	1938