Catskill vs Jefferson Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Catskill and Jefferson Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Catskill has the higher population (3,803 vs 1,193 in Jefferson Heights). Jefferson Heights has the higher median household income ($77,813 vs $73,906 in Catskill). Jefferson Heights has the higher median home value ($231,700 vs $228,700 in Catskill).

Population, income & housing

	Catskill	Jefferson Heights
Population	3,803	1,193
Median age	44.3 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,906	$77,813
Median home value	$228,700	$231,700
Median gross rent	$1,072	$1,403
Housing units	2,002	429
Homeownership rate	62.1%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catskill	Jefferson Heights
Population	3,846 → 3,803 (-1.1%)	1,084 → 1,193 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$35,515 → $73,906 (+108.1%)	$37,366 → $77,813 (+108.2%)
Median home value	$162,400 → $228,700 (+40.8%)	$164,600 → $231,700 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$913 → $1,072 (+17.4%)	$1,082 → $1,403 (+29.7%)

Catskill

Population

3,8463,803

Median household income

$35,515$73,906

Median home value

$162,400$228,700

Median gross rent

$913$1,072

Jefferson Heights

Population

1,0841,193

Median household income

$37,366$77,813

Median home value

$164,600$231,700

Median gross rent

$1,082$1,403

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catskill	Jefferson Heights
Under 5	4.3%	9.3%
5 to 17	7.8%	14.2%
18 to 24	13.8%	2.0%
25 to 34	12.9%	14.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	4.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	20.1%	18.1%
65 to 74	12.3%	5.4%
75 and over	5.0%	21.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catskill	Jefferson Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	68.8%
Black or African American	13.1%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	4.3%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	18.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catskill	Jefferson Heights
No high school diploma	11.1%	15.1%
High school graduate	29.2%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catskill	Jefferson Heights
Drove alone	74.1%	84.6%
Carpooled	6.8%	0.0%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	11.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catskill	Jefferson Heights
1-unit, detached	59.6%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	27.7%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	3.8%	11.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Catskill	Jefferson Heights
Poverty rate	13.3%	12.3%
Average household size	2.27	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1938	1962