Dolgeville vs East Herkimer

A side-by-side comparison of Dolgeville and East Herkimer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dolgeville has the higher population (1,948 vs 711 in East Herkimer). East Herkimer has the higher median household income ($84,000 vs $55,000 in Dolgeville). East Herkimer has the higher median home value ($122,000 vs $103,600 in Dolgeville).

Population, income & housing

	Dolgeville	East Herkimer
Population	1,948	711
Median age	42.0 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$84,000
Median home value	$103,600	$122,000
Median gross rent	$834	$936
Housing units	1,003	361
Homeownership rate	58.6%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dolgeville	East Herkimer
Population	2,648 → 1,948 (-26.4%)	870 → 711 (-18.3%)
Median household income	$49,239 → $55,000 (+11.7%)	$73,657 → $84,000 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$83,200 → $103,600 (+24.5%)	$99,400 → $122,000 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$658 → $834 (+26.7%)	$900 → $936 (+4.0%)

Dolgeville

Population

2,6481,948

Median household income

$49,239$55,000

Median home value

$83,200$103,600

Median gross rent

$658$834

East Herkimer

Population

870711

Median household income

$73,657$84,000

Median home value

$99,400$122,000

Median gross rent

$900$936

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dolgeville	East Herkimer
Under 5	4.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.9%	14.3%
18 to 24	11.7%	4.5%
25 to 34	8.4%	9.4%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.5%	18.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	17.2%
65 to 74	13.9%	7.3%
75 and over	11.0%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dolgeville	East Herkimer
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dolgeville	East Herkimer
No high school diploma	10.2%	4.3%
High school graduate	30.3%	53.7%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	19.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dolgeville	East Herkimer
Drove alone	72.9%	87.2%
Carpooled	11.0%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	8.7%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dolgeville	East Herkimer
1-unit, detached	69.7%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.4%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Dolgeville	East Herkimer
Poverty rate	12.1%	6.9%
Average household size	2.27	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1938	1947