Jordan vs Marcellus

A side-by-side comparison of Jordan and Marcellus: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marcellus has the higher population (1,957 vs 1,374 in Jordan). Marcellus has the higher median household income ($74,800 vs $73,237 in Jordan). Marcellus has the higher median home value ($227,600 vs $147,500 in Jordan).

Population, income & housing

	Jordan	Marcellus
Population	1,374	1,957
Median age	39.1 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,237	$74,800
Median home value	$147,500	$227,600
Median gross rent	$793	$1,007
Housing units	634	1,019
Homeownership rate	68.8%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jordan	Marcellus
Population	1,451 → 1,374 (-5.3%)	1,969 → 1,957 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$54,837 → $73,237 (+33.6%)	$61,013 → $74,800 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$99,600 → $147,500 (+48.1%)	$168,300 → $227,600 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $793 (+25.9%)	$830 → $1,007 (+21.3%)

Jordan

Population

1,4511,374

Median household income

$54,837$73,237

Median home value

$99,600$147,500

Median gross rent

$630$793

Marcellus

Population

1,9691,957

Median household income

$61,013$74,800

Median home value

$168,300$227,600

Median gross rent

$830$1,007

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jordan	Marcellus
Under 5	8.6%	2.2%
5 to 17	18.0%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	10.2%	13.4%
35 to 44	14.9%	17.4%
45 to 54	8.2%	9.9%
55 to 64	12.4%	15.5%
65 to 74	13.7%	11.9%
75 and over	7.1%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jordan	Marcellus
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	96.5%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jordan	Marcellus
No high school diploma	9.1%	3.9%
High school graduate	34.9%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jordan	Marcellus
Drove alone	83.8%	79.4%
Carpooled	4.9%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	4.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jordan	Marcellus
1-unit, detached	64.2%	57.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.4%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	13.8%
20 or more units	7.1%	14.9%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jordan	Marcellus
Poverty rate	14.5%	9.7%
Average household size	2.39	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1938	1952