Blasdell vs North Boston

A side-by-side comparison of Blasdell and North Boston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

North Boston has the higher population (2,590 vs 2,534 in Blasdell). North Boston has the higher median household income ($65,037 vs $61,250 in Blasdell). North Boston has the higher median home value ($231,500 vs $153,500 in Blasdell).

Population, income & housing

	Blasdell	North Boston
Population	2,534	2,590
Median age	44.1 yrs	57.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$65,037
Median home value	$153,500	$231,500
Median gross rent	$777	$1,305
Housing units	1,342	1,392
Homeownership rate	56.3%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blasdell	North Boston
Population	2,645 → 2,534 (-4.2%)	2,694 → 2,590 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$49,310 → $61,250 (+24.2%)	$57,500 → $65,037 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$106,800 → $153,500 (+43.7%)	$157,100 → $231,500 (+47.4%)
Median gross rent	$701 → $777 (+10.8%)	$845 → $1,305 (+54.4%)

Blasdell

Population

2,6452,534

Median household income

$49,310$61,250

Median home value

$106,800$153,500

Median gross rent

$701$777

North Boston

Population

2,6942,590

Median household income

$57,500$65,037

Median home value

$157,100$231,500

Median gross rent

$845$1,305

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blasdell	North Boston
Under 5	6.3%	1.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	10.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	7.1%
35 to 44	12.5%	5.8%
45 to 54	16.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.6%	28.6%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.8%
75 and over	7.9%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blasdell	North Boston
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	92.4%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blasdell	North Boston
No high school diploma	6.6%	4.7%
High school graduate	38.2%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blasdell	North Boston
Drove alone	76.8%	90.1%
Carpooled	8.4%	0.0%
Public transit	2.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blasdell	North Boston
1-unit, detached	56.0%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	33.5%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	9.8%
20 or more units	6.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Blasdell	North Boston
Poverty rate	17.5%	6.7%
Average household size	2.09	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1942	1967