Jefferson Heights vs Sleepy Hollow Lake

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

Jefferson Heights 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.

Sleepy Hollow Lake has the higher population (1,566 vs 1,193 in Jefferson Heights). Sleepy Hollow Lake has the higher median household income ($88,906 vs $77,813 in Jefferson Heights). Sleepy Hollow Lake has the higher median home value ($272,000 vs $231,700 in Jefferson Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Jefferson Heights	Sleepy Hollow Lake
Population	1,193	1,566
Median age	50.0 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$77,813	$88,906
Median home value	$231,700	$272,000
Median gross rent	$1,403	—
Housing units	429	926
Homeownership rate	67.9%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jefferson Heights	Sleepy Hollow Lake
Population	1,084 → 1,193 (+10.1%)	1,276 → 1,566 (+22.7%)
Median household income	$37,366 → $77,813 (+108.2%)	$78,221 → $88,906 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$164,600 → $231,700 (+40.8%)	$195,600 → $272,000 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,082 → $1,403 (+29.7%)	—

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

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)

	Jefferson Heights	Sleepy Hollow Lake
Under 5	9.3%	1.2%
5 to 17	14.2%	20.1%
18 to 24	2.0%	4.2%
25 to 34	14.3%	6.9%
35 to 44	4.9%	14.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	10.5%
55 to 64	18.1%	22.5%
65 to 74	5.4%	14.0%
75 and over	21.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jefferson Heights	Sleepy Hollow Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	77.8%
Black or African American	5.6%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	14.1%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jefferson Heights	Sleepy Hollow Lake
No high school diploma	15.1%	5.9%
High school graduate	31.4%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	23.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jefferson Heights	Sleepy Hollow Lake
Drove alone	84.6%	80.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	15.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jefferson Heights	Sleepy Hollow Lake
1-unit, detached	65.3%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.2%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jefferson Heights	Sleepy Hollow Lake
Poverty rate	12.3%	23.2%
Average household size	2.72	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	19	31
Median year structure built	1962	1992