Croghan vs Port Leyden

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

Croghan 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 642 in Croghan). Croghan has the higher median household income ($49,583 vs $41,250 in Port Leyden). Croghan has the higher median home value ($145,500 vs $98,200 in Port Leyden).

Population, income & housing

	Croghan	Port Leyden
Population	642	680
Median age	39.1 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,583	$41,250
Median home value	$145,500	$98,200
Median gross rent	$755	$579
Housing units	320	313
Homeownership rate	59.4%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	4.7%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Croghan	Port Leyden
Population	599 → 642 (+7.2%)	617 → 680 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$50,938 → $49,583 (-2.7%)	$39,583 → $41,250 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$117,100 → $145,500 (+24.3%)	$93,300 → $98,200 (+5.3%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $755 (+28.0%)	$747 → $579 (-22.5%)

Croghan

Population

599642

Median household income

$50,938$49,583

Median home value

$117,100$145,500

Median gross rent

$590$755

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)

	Croghan	Port Leyden
Under 5	5.5%	10.4%
5 to 17	19.0%	21.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	9.3%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	17.0%	8.2%
45 to 54	6.1%	10.0%
55 to 64	11.4%	4.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	18.7%
75 and over	11.1%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Croghan	Port Leyden
White (non-Hispanic)	98.6%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Croghan	Port Leyden
No high school diploma	6.2%	6.7%
High school graduate	42.6%	54.8%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	1.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Croghan	Port Leyden
Drove alone	69.6%	74.4%
Carpooled	10.5%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	10.1%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	0.0%
Other means	3.9%	5.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Croghan	Port Leyden
1-unit, detached	54.7%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	32.2%	16.9%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	9.6%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Croghan	Port Leyden
Poverty rate	17.4%	20.9%
Average household size	2.24	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938