Rapids vs Youngstown

A side-by-side comparison of Rapids and Youngstown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Youngstown has the higher population (1,773 vs 1,562 in Rapids). Rapids has the higher median household income ($103,482 vs $81,818 in Youngstown). Rapids has the higher median home value ($275,700 vs $199,500 in Youngstown).

Population, income & housing

	Rapids	Youngstown
Population	1,562	1,773
Median age	43.5 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$103,482	$81,818
Median home value	$275,700	$199,500
Median gross rent	—	$928
Housing units	646	828
Homeownership rate	91.6%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.6%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rapids	Youngstown
Population	1,014 → 1,562 (+54.0%)	2,019 → 1,773 (-12.2%)
Median household income	$90,862 → $103,482 (+13.9%)	$65,179 → $81,818 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$186,900 → $275,700 (+47.5%)	$163,100 → $199,500 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$738 → $928 (+25.7%)

Rapids

Population

1,0141,562

Median household income

$90,862$103,482

Median home value

$186,900$275,700

Youngstown

Population

2,0191,773

Median household income

$65,179$81,818

Median home value

$163,100$199,500

Median gross rent

$738$928

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rapids	Youngstown
Under 5	4.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	18.2%	17.8%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	8.1%	7.1%
35 to 44	13.7%	9.9%
45 to 54	23.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	9.0%	14.2%
65 to 74	11.2%	13.0%
75 and over	6.3%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rapids	Youngstown
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.9%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rapids	Youngstown
No high school diploma	6.3%	2.1%
High school graduate	26.2%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.6%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rapids	Youngstown
Drove alone	81.6%	88.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rapids	Youngstown
1-unit, detached	78.3%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	21.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rapids	Youngstown
Poverty rate	9.4%	5.1%
Average household size	2.56	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1989	1960