Balmville vs Highland Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Balmville and Highland Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Balmville has the higher population (3,725 vs 3,696 in Highland Falls). Highland Falls has the higher median household income ($107,500 vs $107,204 in Balmville). Balmville has the higher median home value ($359,600 vs $340,600 in Highland Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Balmville	Highland Falls
Population	3,725	3,696
Median age	47.3 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$107,204	$107,500
Median home value	$359,600	$340,600
Median gross rent	$1,671	$1,731
Housing units	1,373	1,798
Homeownership rate	74.8%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.7%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Balmville	Highland Falls
Population	3,476 → 3,725 (+7.2%)	3,841 → 3,696 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$79,464 → $107,204 (+34.9%)	$86,750 → $107,500 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$262,800 → $359,600 (+36.8%)	$231,700 → $340,600 (+47.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,754 → $1,671 (-4.7%)	$1,305 → $1,731 (+32.6%)

Balmville

Population

3,4763,725

Median household income

$79,464$107,204

Median home value

$262,800$359,600

Median gross rent

$1,754$1,671

Highland Falls

Population

3,8413,696

Median household income

$86,750$107,500

Median home value

$231,700$340,600

Median gross rent

$1,305$1,731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Balmville	Highland Falls
Under 5	4.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	13.6%	16.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.8%	13.6%
35 to 44	9.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	17.2%	18.8%
55 to 64	17.6%	15.8%
65 to 74	8.3%	6.9%
75 and over	8.9%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Balmville	Highland Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	47.0%	46.9%
Black or African American	22.5%	21.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.7%	24.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Balmville	Highland Falls
No high school diploma	7.8%	10.7%
High school graduate	34.4%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	18.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Balmville	Highland Falls
Drove alone	74.5%	76.1%
Carpooled	5.0%	9.8%
Public transit	6.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	11.6%	8.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Balmville	Highland Falls
1-unit, detached	80.3%	55.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	22.8%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	10.7%
20 or more units	0.7%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Balmville	Highland Falls
Poverty rate	3.7%	10.4%
Average household size	2.81	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	37	24
Median year structure built	1961	1954