Plainedge vs Woodbury

A side-by-side comparison of Plainedge and Woodbury: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Woodbury has the higher population (9,270 vs 8,930 in Plainedge). Woodbury has the higher median household income ($181,667 vs $155,670 in Plainedge). Woodbury has the higher median home value ($1,004,500 vs $592,000 in Plainedge).

Population, income & housing

	Plainedge	Woodbury
Population	8,930	9,270
Median age	40.7 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$155,670	$181,667
Median home value	$592,000	$1,004,500
Median gross rent	$3,261	$3,315
Housing units	2,851	3,170
Homeownership rate	92.3%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.7%	65.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plainedge	Woodbury
Population	8,975 → 8,930 (-0.5%)	8,852 → 9,270 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$123,500 → $155,670 (+26.0%)	$181,667 → $181,667 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$430,700 → $592,000 (+37.5%)	$842,000 → $1,004,500 (+19.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,946 → $3,261 (+67.6%)	$2,846 → $3,315 (+16.5%)

Plainedge

Population

8,9758,930

Median household income

$123,500$155,670

Median home value

$430,700$592,000

Median gross rent

$1,946$3,261

Woodbury

Population

8,8529,270

Median household income

$181,667$181,667

Median home value

$842,000$1,004,500

Median gross rent

$2,846$3,315

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plainedge	Woodbury
Under 5	7.3%	7.7%
5 to 17	13.8%	12.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	4.5%
25 to 34	16.1%	6.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	13.3%	8.2%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.2%	14.5%
75 and over	8.8%	18.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plainedge	Woodbury
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	77.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.6%	15.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plainedge	Woodbury
No high school diploma	7.6%	5.1%
High school graduate	26.2%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	35.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	30.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plainedge	Woodbury
Drove alone	77.5%	55.6%
Carpooled	3.9%	8.3%
Public transit	8.8%	10.5%
Walked	1.1%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	22.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plainedge	Woodbury
1-unit, detached	93.2%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	21.3%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	13.7%
20 or more units	0.4%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Plainedge	Woodbury
Poverty rate	4.8%	5.7%
Average household size	3.09	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	31	35
Median year structure built	1956	1980