Spackenkill vs Wappingers Falls

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

Spackenkill 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.

Wappingers Falls has the higher population (5,694 vs 4,244 in Spackenkill). Spackenkill has the higher median household income ($135,219 vs $58,455 in Wappingers Falls). Spackenkill has the higher median home value ($407,800 vs $277,000 in Wappingers Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Spackenkill	Wappingers Falls
Population	4,244	5,694
Median age	47.0 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$135,219	$58,455
Median home value	$407,800	$277,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,490
Housing units	1,641	2,611
Homeownership rate	88.4%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.9%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spackenkill	Wappingers Falls
Population	4,053 → 4,244 (+4.7%)	5,648 → 5,694 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$122,337 → $135,219 (+10.5%)	$50,083 → $58,455 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$283,600 → $407,800 (+43.8%)	$228,200 → $277,000 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,293 → $1,490 (+15.2%)

Spackenkill

Population

4,0534,244

Median household income

$122,337$135,219

Median home value

$283,600$407,800

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)

	Spackenkill	Wappingers Falls
Under 5	3.9%	3.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	13.3%
18 to 24	6.5%	9.6%
25 to 34	9.2%	9.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.2%	14.5%
55 to 64	17.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	16.7%	14.0%
75 and over	8.1%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spackenkill	Wappingers Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	67.0%	60.0%
Black or African American	8.1%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.3%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	29.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spackenkill	Wappingers Falls
No high school diploma	3.0%	20.6%
High school graduate	7.7%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	31.0%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	35.9%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spackenkill	Wappingers Falls
Drove alone	73.7%	63.1%
Carpooled	6.8%	14.9%
Public transit	6.2%	2.6%
Walked	1.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	11.0%
Other means	0.9%	6.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spackenkill	Wappingers Falls
1-unit, detached	91.8%	20.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	35.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	16.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Spackenkill	Wappingers Falls
Poverty rate	3.5%	4.8%
Average household size	2.56	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1965	1956