Firthcliffe vs Gardnertown

A side-by-side comparison of Firthcliffe and Gardnertown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Firthcliffe has the higher population (5,268 vs 4,154 in Gardnertown). Gardnertown has the higher median household income ($112,043 vs $98,801 in Firthcliffe). Firthcliffe has the higher median home value ($345,700 vs $277,900 in Gardnertown).

Population, income & housing

	Firthcliffe	Gardnertown
Population	5,268	4,154
Median age	42.7 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$98,801	$112,043
Median home value	$345,700	$277,900
Median gross rent	$1,730	$2,440
Housing units	2,310	1,537
Homeownership rate	68.5%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.0%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Firthcliffe	Gardnertown
Population	4,912 → 5,268 (+7.2%)	4,633 → 4,154 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$78,895 → $98,801 (+25.2%)	$78,793 → $112,043 (+42.2%)
Median home value	$293,200 → $345,700 (+17.9%)	$218,700 → $277,900 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,438 → $1,730 (+20.3%)	$1,234 → $2,440 (+97.7%)

Firthcliffe

Population

4,9125,268

Median household income

$78,895$98,801

Median home value

$293,200$345,700

Median gross rent

$1,438$1,730

Gardnertown

Population

4,6334,154

Median household income

$78,793$112,043

Median home value

$218,700$277,900

Median gross rent

$1,234$2,440

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Firthcliffe	Gardnertown
Under 5	5.7%	8.3%
5 to 17	14.6%	14.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.1%	17.9%
45 to 54	8.5%	10.7%
55 to 64	16.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	13.7%	8.8%
75 and over	8.6%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Firthcliffe	Gardnertown
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	55.4%
Black or African American	1.1%	14.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	28.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Firthcliffe	Gardnertown
No high school diploma	4.0%	9.0%
High school graduate	17.0%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	26.7%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Firthcliffe	Gardnertown
Drove alone	73.1%	79.7%
Carpooled	11.1%	8.1%
Public transit	2.4%	1.1%
Walked	1.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	7.9%
Other means	3.5%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Firthcliffe	Gardnertown
1-unit, detached	64.8%	96.0%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.2%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Firthcliffe	Gardnertown
Poverty rate	7.1%	9.7%
Average household size	2.43	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1960	1956