Upper Red Hook vs Wassaic

A side-by-side comparison of Upper Red Hook and Wassaic: population, income, housing, and more.

Upper Red Hook 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 285 in Upper Red Hook). Upper Red Hook has the higher median household income ($126,042 vs $61,875 in Wassaic). Upper Red Hook has the higher median home value ($418,300 vs $134,700 in Wassaic).

Population, income & housing

	Upper Red Hook	Wassaic
Population	285	324
Median age	32.4 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$126,042	$61,875
Median home value	$418,300	$134,700
Housing units	88	118
Homeownership rate	55.7%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	27.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Upper Red Hook	Wassaic
Population	106 → 285 (+168.9%)	468 → 324 (-30.8%)
Median household income	$153,056 → $126,042 (-17.6%)	$62,708 → $61,875 (-1.3%)
Median home value	$338,900 → $418,300 (+23.4%)	$150,000 → $134,700 (-10.2%)

Upper Red Hook

Population

106285

Median household income

$153,056$126,042

Median home value

$338,900$418,300

Wassaic

Population

468324

Median household income

$62,708$61,875

Median home value

$150,000$134,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Upper Red Hook	Wassaic
Under 5	17.2%	13.6%
5 to 17	28.4%	24.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.1%
25 to 34	19.6%	11.1%
35 to 44	14.7%	17.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	1.9%
55 to 64	0.0%	15.7%
65 to 74	16.5%	1.9%
75 and over	3.5%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Upper Red Hook	Wassaic
White (non-Hispanic)	41.4%	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	58.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	46.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Upper Red Hook	Wassaic
No high school diploma	0.0%	23.6%
High school graduate	18.1%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	13.1%
Bachelor's degree	41.3%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Upper Red Hook	Wassaic
Drove alone	58.2%	56.5%
Carpooled	27.6%	26.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Upper Red Hook	Wassaic
1-unit, detached	55.7%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	44.3%	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

	Upper Red Hook	Wassaic
Poverty rate	0.0%	2.2%
Average household size	3.24	3.72
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1938	1938