Copenhagen vs Port Leyden

A side-by-side comparison of Copenhagen and Port Leyden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Port Leyden has the higher population (680 vs 652 in Copenhagen). Copenhagen has the higher median household income ($75,833 vs $41,250 in Port Leyden). Copenhagen has the higher median home value ($150,000 vs $98,200 in Port Leyden).

Population, income & housing

	Copenhagen	Port Leyden
Population	652	680
Median age	30.8 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$75,833	$41,250
Median home value	$150,000	$98,200
Median gross rent	$983	$579
Housing units	332	313
Homeownership rate	53.7%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	4.7%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Copenhagen	Port Leyden
Population	833 → 652 (-21.7%)	617 → 680 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$46,875 → $75,833 (+61.8%)	$39,583 → $41,250 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$92,800 → $150,000 (+61.6%)	$93,300 → $98,200 (+5.3%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $983 (+32.5%)	$747 → $579 (-22.5%)

Copenhagen

Population

833652

Median household income

$46,875$75,833

Median home value

$92,800$150,000

Median gross rent

$742$983

Port Leyden

Population

617680

Median household income

$39,583$41,250

Median home value

$93,300$98,200

Median gross rent

$747$579

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Copenhagen	Port Leyden
Under 5	5.1%	10.4%
5 to 17	23.0%	21.0%
18 to 24	11.3%	9.3%
25 to 34	15.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	8.7%	8.2%
45 to 54	16.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	12.1%	4.7%
65 to 74	5.5%	18.7%
75 and over	3.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Copenhagen	Port Leyden
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	95.4%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Copenhagen	Port Leyden
No high school diploma	4.8%	6.7%
High school graduate	37.5%	54.8%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	1.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Copenhagen	Port Leyden
Drove alone	86.5%	74.4%
Carpooled	8.3%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	1.5%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.9%	5.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Copenhagen	Port Leyden
1-unit, detached	51.2%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	36.7%	16.9%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	9.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Copenhagen	Port Leyden
Poverty rate	16.0%	20.9%
Average household size	2.43	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1947	1938