Durhamville vs Sylvan Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Durhamville and Sylvan Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sylvan Beach has the higher population (889 vs 750 in Durhamville). Durhamville has the higher median household income ($128,125 vs $55,268 in Sylvan Beach). Durhamville has the higher median home value ($182,700 vs $151,600 in Sylvan Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Durhamville	Sylvan Beach
Population	750	889
Median age	46.5 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$128,125	$55,268
Median home value	$182,700	$151,600
Median gross rent	$1,074	$941
Housing units	269	945
Homeownership rate	88.3%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	17.0%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Durhamville	Sylvan Beach
Population	876 → 750 (-14.4%)	922 → 889 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$65,809 → $128,125 (+94.7%)	$45,000 → $55,268 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$179,300 → $182,700 (+1.9%)	$90,000 → $151,600 (+68.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,258 → $1,074 (-14.6%)	$870 → $941 (+8.2%)

Durhamville

Population

876750

Median household income

$65,809$128,125

Median home value

$179,300$182,700

Median gross rent

$1,258$1,074

Sylvan Beach

Population

922889

Median household income

$45,000$55,268

Median home value

$90,000$151,600

Median gross rent

$870$941

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Durhamville	Sylvan Beach
Under 5	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	23.1%	6.1%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.5%
25 to 34	1.7%	16.3%
35 to 44	9.6%	7.2%
45 to 54	16.3%	15.1%
55 to 64	16.3%	25.2%
65 to 74	18.9%	8.7%
75 and over	5.2%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Durhamville	Sylvan Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Durhamville	Sylvan Beach
No high school diploma	4.1%	5.6%
High school graduate	32.0%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Durhamville	Sylvan Beach
Drove alone	89.3%	70.6%
Carpooled	9.7%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Durhamville	Sylvan Beach
1-unit, detached	95.5%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	5.2%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Durhamville	Sylvan Beach
Poverty rate	6.9%	11.5%
Average household size	2.82	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	18	31
Median year structure built	1955	1958