Spackenkill vs Vassar College

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

Spackenkill 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.

Spackenkill has the higher population (4,244 vs 3,276 in Vassar College). Spackenkill has the higher median household income ($135,219 vs $119,836 in Vassar College). Since 2019, Vassar College's population has grown faster (+25.2% vs +4.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Spackenkill	Vassar College
Population	4,244	3,276
Median age	47.0 yrs	20.5 yrs
Median household income	$135,219	$119,836
Median home value	$407,800	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,229
Housing units	1,641	349
Homeownership rate	88.4%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.9%	81.9%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spackenkill	Vassar College
Population	4,053 → 4,244 (+4.7%)	2,617 → 3,276 (+25.2%)
Median household income	$122,337 → $135,219 (+10.5%)	$102,462 → $119,836 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$283,600 → $407,800 (+43.8%)	$248,400 → $525,900 (+111.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,122 → $1,229 (+9.5%)

Spackenkill

Population

4,0534,244

Median household income

$122,337$135,219

Median home value

$283,600$407,800

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)

	Spackenkill	Vassar College
Under 5	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	1.5%
18 to 24	6.5%	82.8%
25 to 34	9.2%	4.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	4.5%
45 to 54	11.2%	3.3%
55 to 64	17.2%	1.1%
65 to 74	16.7%	1.6%
75 and over	8.1%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spackenkill	Vassar College
White (non-Hispanic)	67.0%	63.6%
Black or African American	8.1%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	11.3%	10.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.9%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spackenkill	Vassar College
No high school diploma	3.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	7.7%	1.2%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	31.0%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	35.9%	73.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spackenkill	Vassar College
Drove alone	73.7%	11.9%
Carpooled	6.8%	5.1%
Public transit	6.2%	2.4%
Walked	1.0%	50.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.3%	27.7%
Other means	0.9%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spackenkill	Vassar College
1-unit, detached	91.8%	15.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	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

	Spackenkill	Vassar College
Poverty rate	3.5%	25.4%
Average household size	2.56	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	30	15
Median year structure built	1965	1938