Oneida Castle vs Sylvan Beach

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

Oneida Castle 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 700 in Oneida Castle). Oneida Castle has the higher median household income ($89,792 vs $55,268 in Sylvan Beach). Sylvan Beach has the higher median home value ($151,600 vs $131,300 in Oneida Castle).

Population, income & housing

	Oneida Castle	Sylvan Beach
Population	700	889
Median age	48.1 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$89,792	$55,268
Median home value	$131,300	$151,600
Median gross rent	$908	$941
Housing units	349	945
Homeownership rate	76.9%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oneida Castle	Sylvan Beach
Population	646 → 700 (+8.4%)	922 → 889 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$53,333 → $89,792 (+68.4%)	$45,000 → $55,268 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$121,000 → $131,300 (+8.5%)	$90,000 → $151,600 (+68.4%)
Median gross rent	$877 → $908 (+3.5%)	$870 → $941 (+8.2%)

Oneida Castle

Population

646700

Median household income

$53,333$89,792

Median home value

$121,000$131,300

Median gross rent

$877$908

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)

	Oneida Castle	Sylvan Beach
Under 5	4.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	15.0%	6.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	13.4%	16.3%
35 to 44	9.4%	7.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	15.1%
55 to 64	19.1%	25.2%
65 to 74	11.6%	8.7%
75 and over	7.7%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oneida Castle	Sylvan Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oneida Castle	Sylvan Beach
No high school diploma	12.8%	5.6%
High school graduate	31.7%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oneida Castle	Sylvan Beach
Drove alone	74.7%	70.6%
Carpooled	16.5%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oneida Castle	Sylvan Beach
1-unit, detached	76.2%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.3%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Oneida Castle	Sylvan Beach
Poverty rate	6.6%	11.5%
Average household size	2.28	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1947	1958