Oriskany vs Sylvan Beach

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

Oriskany 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.

Oriskany has the higher population (1,233 vs 889 in Sylvan Beach). Oriskany has the higher median household income ($66,042 vs $55,268 in Sylvan Beach). Oriskany has the higher median home value ($168,900 vs $151,600 in Sylvan Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Oriskany	Sylvan Beach
Population	1,233	889
Median age	44.1 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,042	$55,268
Median home value	$168,900	$151,600
Median gross rent	$903	$941
Housing units	604	945
Homeownership rate	72.6%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oriskany	Sylvan Beach
Population	1,229 → 1,233 (+0.3%)	922 → 889 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$48,482 → $66,042 (+36.2%)	$45,000 → $55,268 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$113,300 → $168,900 (+49.1%)	$90,000 → $151,600 (+68.4%)
Median gross rent	$858 → $903 (+5.2%)	$870 → $941 (+8.2%)

Oriskany

Population

1,2291,233

Median household income

$48,482$66,042

Median home value

$113,300$168,900

Median gross rent

$858$903

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	Sylvan Beach
Under 5	6.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	12.9%	6.1%
18 to 24	4.5%	5.5%
25 to 34	13.9%	16.3%
35 to 44	15.4%	7.2%
45 to 54	9.4%	15.1%
55 to 64	11.0%	25.2%
65 to 74	15.7%	8.7%
75 and over	11.2%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oriskany	Sylvan Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oriskany	Sylvan Beach
No high school diploma	6.1%	5.6%
High school graduate	30.9%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	44.8%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oriskany	Sylvan Beach
Drove alone	82.0%	70.6%
Carpooled	4.6%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oriskany	Sylvan Beach
1-unit, detached	65.2%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	21.5%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	5.2%
20 or more units	11.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Oriskany	Sylvan Beach
Poverty rate	11.7%	11.5%
Average household size	2.21	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	16	31
Median year structure built	1954	1958