Oriskany Falls vs Sylvan Beach

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

Oriskany Falls 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 616 in Oriskany Falls). Sylvan Beach has the higher median household income ($55,268 vs $45,536 in Oriskany Falls). Sylvan Beach has the higher median home value ($151,600 vs $93,900 in Oriskany Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Oriskany Falls	Sylvan Beach
Population	616	889
Median age	38.4 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$45,536	$55,268
Median home value	$93,900	$151,600
Median gross rent	$675	$941
Housing units	307	945
Homeownership rate	56.1%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oriskany Falls	Sylvan Beach
Population	874 → 616 (-29.5%)	922 → 889 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$55,163 → $45,536 (-17.5%)	$45,000 → $55,268 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $93,900 (+8.3%)	$90,000 → $151,600 (+68.4%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $675 (-8.3%)	$870 → $941 (+8.2%)

Oriskany Falls

Population

874616

Median household income

$55,163$45,536

Median home value

$86,700$93,900

Median gross rent

$736$675

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)

	Oriskany Falls	Sylvan Beach
Under 5	4.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	17.9%	6.1%
18 to 24	9.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	10.4%	16.3%
35 to 44	20.5%	7.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	8.8%	25.2%
65 to 74	9.4%	8.7%
75 and over	7.1%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oriskany Falls	Sylvan Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	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	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oriskany Falls	Sylvan Beach
No high school diploma	8.1%	5.6%
High school graduate	25.5%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	44.0%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oriskany Falls	Sylvan Beach
Drove alone	78.9%	70.6%
Carpooled	7.5%	15.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	3.3%
Other means	2.2%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oriskany Falls	Sylvan Beach
1-unit, detached	55.7%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	26.4%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	5.2%
20 or more units	10.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Oriskany Falls	Sylvan Beach
Poverty rate	12.8%	11.5%
Average household size	2.23	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1938	1958