Staatsburg vs Wassaic

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

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

Staatsburg has the higher population (366 vs 324 in Wassaic). Staatsburg has the higher median household income ($79,831 vs $61,875 in Wassaic). Staatsburg has the higher median home value ($318,800 vs $134,700 in Wassaic).

Population, income & housing

	Staatsburg	Wassaic
Population	366	324
Median age	59.6 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$79,831	$61,875
Median home value	$318,800	$134,700
Housing units	210	118
Homeownership rate	88.2%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.8%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	27.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Staatsburg	Wassaic
Population	317 → 366 (+15.5%)	468 → 324 (-30.8%)
Median household income	$70,875 → $79,831 (+12.6%)	$62,708 → $61,875 (-1.3%)
Median home value	$240,600 → $318,800 (+32.5%)	$150,000 → $134,700 (-10.2%)

Staatsburg

Population

317366

Median household income

$70,875$79,831

Median home value

$240,600$318,800

Wassaic

Population

468324

Median household income

$62,708$61,875

Median home value

$150,000$134,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Staatsburg	Wassaic
Under 5	3.6%	13.6%
5 to 17	8.2%	24.4%
18 to 24	1.6%	3.1%
25 to 34	8.2%	11.1%
35 to 44	18.9%	17.3%
45 to 54	4.9%	1.9%
55 to 64	16.1%	15.7%
65 to 74	28.7%	1.9%
75 and over	9.8%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Staatsburg	Wassaic
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	53.1%
Black or African American	6.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	46.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Staatsburg	Wassaic
No high school diploma	5.4%	23.6%
High school graduate	8.5%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	13.1%
Bachelor's degree	35.6%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Staatsburg	Wassaic
Drove alone	76.8%	56.5%
Carpooled	5.2%	26.1%
Public transit	4.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Staatsburg	Wassaic
1-unit, detached	83.3%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	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

	Staatsburg	Wassaic
Poverty rate	9.8%	2.2%
Average household size	1.72	3.72
Mean commute (minutes)	43	31
Median year structure built	1955	1938