Dolgeville vs Ilion

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

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

Ilion has the higher population (7,636 vs 1,948 in Dolgeville). Ilion has the higher median household income ($61,880 vs $55,000 in Dolgeville). Dolgeville has the higher median home value ($103,600 vs $100,800 in Ilion).

Population, income & housing

	Dolgeville	Ilion
Population	1,948	7,636
Median age	42.0 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$61,880
Median home value	$103,600	$100,800
Median gross rent	$834	$718
Housing units	1,003	3,929
Homeownership rate	58.6%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dolgeville	Ilion
Population	2,648 → 1,948 (-26.4%)	7,812 → 7,636 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$49,239 → $55,000 (+11.7%)	$54,397 → $61,880 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$83,200 → $103,600 (+24.5%)	$81,900 → $100,800 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$658 → $834 (+26.7%)	$623 → $718 (+15.2%)

Dolgeville

Population

2,6481,948

Median household income

$49,239$55,000

Median home value

$83,200$103,600

Median gross rent

$658$834

Ilion

Population

7,8127,636

Median household income

$54,397$61,880

Median home value

$81,900$100,800

Median gross rent

$623$718

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dolgeville	Ilion
Under 5	4.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.9%	20.2%
18 to 24	11.7%	4.4%
25 to 34	8.4%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	9.6%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	13.9%	10.0%
75 and over	11.0%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dolgeville	Ilion
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dolgeville	Ilion
No high school diploma	10.2%	7.4%
High school graduate	30.3%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dolgeville	Ilion
Drove alone	72.9%	85.9%
Carpooled	11.0%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	7.2%	2.5%
Bicycle	2.2%	1.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	4.2%
Other means	1.9%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dolgeville	Ilion
1-unit, detached	69.7%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.4%	21.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	4.6%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dolgeville	Ilion
Poverty rate	12.1%	15.0%
Average household size	2.27	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1938	1940