Dolgeville vs Little Falls

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

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

Little Falls has the higher population (4,567 vs 1,948 in Dolgeville). Dolgeville has the higher median household income ($55,000 vs $51,763 in Little Falls). Dolgeville has the higher median home value ($103,600 vs $91,100 in Little Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Dolgeville	Little Falls
Population	1,948	4,567
Median age	42.0 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$51,763
Median home value	$103,600	$91,100
Median gross rent	$834	$793
Housing units	1,003	2,293
Homeownership rate	58.6%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dolgeville	Little Falls
Population	2,648 → 1,948 (-26.4%)	4,708 → 4,567 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$49,239 → $55,000 (+11.7%)	$42,311 → $51,763 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$83,200 → $103,600 (+24.5%)	$76,900 → $91,100 (+18.5%)
Median gross rent	$658 → $834 (+26.7%)	$619 → $793 (+28.1%)

Dolgeville

Population

2,6481,948

Median household income

$49,239$55,000

Median home value

$83,200$103,600

Median gross rent

$658$834

Little Falls

Population

4,7084,567

Median household income

$42,311$51,763

Median home value

$76,900$91,100

Median gross rent

$619$793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dolgeville	Little Falls
Under 5	4.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.9%	19.4%
18 to 24	11.7%	12.1%
25 to 34	8.4%	8.0%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	10.3%
65 to 74	13.9%	13.7%
75 and over	11.0%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dolgeville	Little Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	86.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dolgeville	Little Falls
No high school diploma	10.2%	9.2%
High school graduate	30.3%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dolgeville	Little Falls
Drove alone	72.9%	84.4%
Carpooled	11.0%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	7.2%	3.3%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	6.7%
Other means	1.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dolgeville	Little Falls
1-unit, detached	69.7%	48.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	22.4%	40.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	4.6%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Dolgeville	Little Falls
Poverty rate	12.1%	28.4%
Average household size	2.27	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1938	1938