Port Henry vs Willsboro

A side-by-side comparison of Port Henry and Willsboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Port Henry has the higher population (1,403 vs 648 in Willsboro). Willsboro has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $42,895 in Port Henry). Port Henry has the higher median home value ($159,200 vs $124,700 in Willsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Port Henry	Willsboro
Population	1,403	648
Median age	62.4 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$42,895	$51,250
Median home value	$159,200	$124,700
Median gross rent	—	$686
Housing units	827	347
Homeownership rate	66.5%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Henry	Willsboro
Population	1,179 → 1,403 (+19.0%)	763 → 648 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$39,757 → $42,895 (+7.9%)	$45,179 → $51,250 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$97,800 → $159,200 (+62.8%)	$121,000 → $124,700 (+3.1%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $633 (+0.3%)	$821 → $686 (-16.4%)

Port Henry

Population

1,1791,403

Median household income

$39,757$42,895

Median home value

$97,800$159,200

Median gross rent

$631$633

Willsboro

Population

763648

Median household income

$45,179$51,250

Median home value

$121,000$124,700

Median gross rent

$821$686

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Port Henry	Willsboro
Under 5	1.3%	3.5%
5 to 17	7.7%	15.4%
18 to 24	3.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.3%	6.0%
35 to 44	7.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	4.6%	17.0%
55 to 64	37.4%	11.3%
65 to 74	20.2%	18.4%
75 and over	8.9%	16.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Henry	Willsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	82.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	12.8%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Henry	Willsboro
No high school diploma	8.3%	13.0%
High school graduate	39.8%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Henry	Willsboro
Drove alone	75.8%	89.1%
Carpooled	9.4%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Henry	Willsboro
1-unit, detached	64.1%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.9%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	6.6%
20 or more units	9.8%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Port Henry	Willsboro
Poverty rate	30.6%	22.4%
Average household size	1.83	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	30	17
Median year structure built	1948	1948