Baxter Estates vs Kensington

A side-by-side comparison of Baxter Estates and Kensington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kensington has the higher population (1,462 vs 1,342 in Baxter Estates). Kensington has the higher median household income ($217,679 vs $175,125 in Baxter Estates). Kensington has the higher median home value ($1,413,500 vs $1,104,600 in Baxter Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Baxter Estates	Kensington
Population	1,342	1,462
Median age	42.4 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$175,125	$217,679
Median home value	$1,104,600	$1,413,500
Median gross rent	$2,167	—
Housing units	514	484
Homeownership rate	79.2%	97.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.4%	75.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baxter Estates	Kensington
Population	1,031 → 1,342 (+30.2%)	1,368 → 1,462 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$139,167 → $175,125 (+25.8%)	$180,750 → $217,679 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$871,100 → $1,104,600 (+26.8%)	$1,310,700 → $1,413,500 (+7.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,665 → $2,167 (+30.2%)	—

Baxter Estates

Population

1,0311,342

Median household income

$139,167$175,125

Median home value

$871,100$1,104,600

Median gross rent

$1,665$2,167

Kensington

Population

1,3681,462

Median household income

$180,750$217,679

Median home value

$1,310,700$1,413,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baxter Estates	Kensington
Under 5	8.3%	8.4%
5 to 17	18.9%	23.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	4.8%
25 to 34	3.1%	5.7%
35 to 44	18.6%	9.8%
45 to 54	16.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	10.6%	12.6%
65 to 74	7.0%	9.2%
75 and over	9.0%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baxter Estates	Kensington
White (non-Hispanic)	59.2%	63.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.9%	30.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.3%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	23.1%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baxter Estates	Kensington
No high school diploma	3.9%	3.6%
High school graduate	8.7%	9.0%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	12.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	34.5%
Graduate or professional degree	41.1%	40.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baxter Estates	Kensington
Drove alone	35.1%	30.4%
Carpooled	5.2%	4.8%
Public transit	19.4%	30.2%
Walked	5.1%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	30.9%	27.3%
Other means	4.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baxter Estates	Kensington
1-unit, detached	72.0%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.4%	20.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Baxter Estates	Kensington
Poverty rate	0.3%	8.2%
Average household size	2.85	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	41	41
Median year structure built	1952	1938