Black River vs Calcium

A side-by-side comparison of Black River and Calcium: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Calcium has the higher population (3,245 vs 1,880 in Black River). Black River has the higher median household income ($81,111 vs $64,613 in Calcium). Calcium has the higher median home value ($216,900 vs $211,000 in Black River).

Population, income & housing

	Black River	Calcium
Population	1,880	3,245
Median age	38.1 yrs	25.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,111	$64,613
Median home value	$211,000	$216,900
Median gross rent	$957	$1,353
Housing units	846	1,815
Homeownership rate	62.9%	9.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	18.6%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black River	Calcium
Population	1,246 → 1,880 (+50.9%)	3,405 → 3,245 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$59,750 → $81,111 (+35.8%)	$53,289 → $64,613 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$182,500 → $211,000 (+15.6%)	$105,700 → $216,900 (+105.2%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $957 (+21.0%)	$1,235 → $1,353 (+9.6%)

Black River

Population

1,2461,880

Median household income

$59,750$81,111

Median home value

$182,500$211,000

Median gross rent

$791$957

Calcium

Population

3,4053,245

Median household income

$53,289$64,613

Median home value

$105,700$216,900

Median gross rent

$1,235$1,353

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black River	Calcium
Under 5	4.4%	9.2%
5 to 17	21.1%	8.1%
18 to 24	4.3%	28.6%
25 to 34	13.1%	39.7%
35 to 44	23.2%	6.8%
45 to 54	10.6%	0.0%
55 to 64	9.3%	1.0%
65 to 74	9.3%	2.8%
75 and over	4.7%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black River	Calcium
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	43.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	21.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	25.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black River	Calcium
No high school diploma	3.6%	1.8%
High school graduate	34.1%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	48.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black River	Calcium
Drove alone	90.4%	71.7%
Carpooled	4.8%	26.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	0.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black River	Calcium
1-unit, detached	73.5%	8.2%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	29.9%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	34.3%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	25.3%
20 or more units	9.9%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Black River	Calcium
Poverty rate	13.7%	6.2%
Average household size	2.43	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	16	15
Median year structure built	1971	1994