Port Henry vs Wilmington

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

Port Henry and Wilmington 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 979 in Wilmington). Wilmington has the higher median household income ($91,750 vs $42,895 in Port Henry). Wilmington has the higher median home value ($260,300 vs $159,200 in Port Henry).

Population, income & housing

	Port Henry	Wilmington
Population	1,403	979
Median age	62.4 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,895	$91,750
Median home value	$159,200	$260,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,160
Housing units	827	567
Homeownership rate	66.5%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Henry	Wilmington
Population	1,179 → 1,403 (+19.0%)	775 → 979 (+26.3%)
Median household income	$39,757 → $42,895 (+7.9%)	$61,111 → $91,750 (+50.1%)
Median home value	$97,800 → $159,200 (+62.8%)	$181,300 → $260,300 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $633 (+0.3%)	$907 → $1,160 (+27.9%)

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

Wilmington

Population

775979

Median household income

$61,111$91,750

Median home value

$181,300$260,300

Median gross rent

$907$1,160

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Port Henry	Wilmington
Under 5	1.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	7.7%	11.8%
18 to 24	3.7%	9.1%
25 to 34	9.3%	9.8%
35 to 44	7.0%	17.6%
45 to 54	4.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	37.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	20.2%	12.1%
75 and over	8.9%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Henry	Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.9%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Henry	Wilmington
No high school diploma	8.3%	4.1%
High school graduate	39.8%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Henry	Wilmington
Drove alone	75.8%	74.1%
Carpooled	9.4%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	14.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Henry	Wilmington
1-unit, detached	64.1%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.9%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	2.6%
20 or more units	9.8%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Port Henry	Wilmington
Poverty rate	30.6%	2.8%
Average household size	1.83	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1948	1970