Hemlock vs Leicester

A side-by-side comparison of Hemlock and Leicester: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hemlock has the higher population (736 vs 593 in Leicester). Hemlock has the higher median household income ($103,583 vs $78,333 in Leicester). Hemlock has the higher median home value ($172,400 vs $133,900 in Leicester).

Population, income & housing

	Hemlock	Leicester
Population	736	593
Median age	52.9 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$103,583	$78,333
Median home value	$172,400	$133,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,040
Housing units	251	220
Homeownership rate	98.0%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	13.7%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hemlock	Leicester
Population	547 → 736 (+34.6%)	518 → 593 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$65,083 → $103,583 (+59.2%)	$69,063 → $78,333 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$116,000 → $172,400 (+48.6%)	$114,000 → $133,900 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$911 → $1,040 (+14.2%)

Hemlock

Population

547736

Median household income

$65,083$103,583

Median home value

$116,000$172,400

Leicester

Population

518593

Median household income

$69,063$78,333

Median home value

$114,000$133,900

Median gross rent

$911$1,040

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hemlock	Leicester
Under 5	1.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	10.9%	26.8%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.4%
25 to 34	5.0%	10.6%
35 to 44	14.4%	8.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.5%
55 to 64	30.6%	11.5%
65 to 74	17.1%	10.8%
75 and over	1.4%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hemlock	Leicester
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	81.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
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	0.0%	12.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hemlock	Leicester
No high school diploma	1.7%	8.6%
High school graduate	37.1%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hemlock	Leicester
Drove alone	80.6%	86.8%
Carpooled	19.4%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hemlock	Leicester
1-unit, detached	92.0%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Hemlock	Leicester
Poverty rate	0.0%	20.0%
Average household size	2.93	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	34	22
Median year structure built	1938	1956