Catskill vs Sleepy Hollow Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Catskill and Sleepy Hollow Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Catskill and Sleepy Hollow Lake 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 1,566 in Sleepy Hollow Lake). Sleepy Hollow Lake has the higher median household income ($88,906 vs $73,906 in Catskill). Sleepy Hollow Lake has the higher median home value ($272,000 vs $228,700 in Catskill).

Population, income & housing

	Catskill	Sleepy Hollow Lake
Population	3,803	1,566
Median age	44.3 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,906	$88,906
Median home value	$228,700	$272,000
Median gross rent	$1,072	—
Housing units	2,002	926
Homeownership rate	62.1%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catskill	Sleepy Hollow Lake
Population	3,846 → 3,803 (-1.1%)	1,276 → 1,566 (+22.7%)
Median household income	$35,515 → $73,906 (+108.1%)	$78,221 → $88,906 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$162,400 → $228,700 (+40.8%)	$195,600 → $272,000 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$913 → $1,072 (+17.4%)	—

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

Sleepy Hollow Lake

Population

1,2761,566

Median household income

$78,221$88,906

Median home value

$195,600$272,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catskill	Sleepy Hollow Lake
Under 5	4.3%	1.2%
5 to 17	7.8%	20.1%
18 to 24	13.8%	4.2%
25 to 34	12.9%	6.9%
35 to 44	12.1%	14.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	20.1%	22.5%
65 to 74	12.3%	14.0%
75 and over	5.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catskill	Sleepy Hollow Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	77.8%
Black or African American	13.1%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	14.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catskill	Sleepy Hollow Lake
No high school diploma	11.1%	5.9%
High school graduate	29.2%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	23.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catskill	Sleepy Hollow Lake
Drove alone	74.1%	80.7%
Carpooled	6.8%	3.8%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	15.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catskill	Sleepy Hollow Lake
1-unit, detached	59.6%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	27.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Catskill	Sleepy Hollow Lake
Poverty rate	13.3%	23.2%
Average household size	2.27	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1938	1992