Barnum Island vs Upper Brookville

A side-by-side comparison of Barnum Island and Upper Brookville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Barnum Island has the higher population (2,173 vs 2,064 in Upper Brookville). Upper Brookville has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $118,160 in Barnum Island). Upper Brookville has the higher median home value ($1,987,500 vs $680,500 in Barnum Island).

Population, income & housing

	Barnum Island	Upper Brookville
Population	2,173	2,064
Median age	50.1 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$118,160	$250,001
Median home value	$680,500	$1,987,500
Median gross rent	$3,306	$1,806
Housing units	930	697
Homeownership rate	76.1%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.6%	74.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnum Island	Upper Brookville
Population	2,416 → 2,173 (-10.1%)	1,677 → 2,064 (+23.1%)
Median household income	$97,059 → $118,160 (+21.7%)	$191,750 → $250,001 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$477,700 → $680,500 (+42.5%)	$1,654,000 → $1,987,500 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,917 → $3,306 (+72.5%)	$1,905 → $1,806 (-5.2%)

Barnum Island

Population

2,4162,173

Median household income

$97,059$118,160

Median home value

$477,700$680,500

Median gross rent

$1,917$3,306

Upper Brookville

Population

1,6772,064

Median household income

$191,750$250,001

Median home value

$1,654,000$1,987,500

Median gross rent

$1,905$1,806

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnum Island	Upper Brookville
Under 5	8.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	9.5%	19.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	6.6%
25 to 34	16.8%	5.9%
35 to 44	7.1%	5.7%
45 to 54	9.8%	18.3%
55 to 64	20.6%	25.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	10.9%
75 and over	14.5%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnum Island	Upper Brookville
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	81.3%
Black or African American	4.7%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	9.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnum Island	Upper Brookville
No high school diploma	8.4%	2.0%
High school graduate	24.6%	11.0%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	12.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	41.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnum Island	Upper Brookville
Drove alone	68.0%	50.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	9.8%
Public transit	1.2%	15.6%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.4%	20.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnum Island	Upper Brookville
1-unit, detached	71.3%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	16.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barnum Island	Upper Brookville
Poverty rate	8.2%	3.2%
Average household size	2.45	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	42	38
Median year structure built	1966	1980