Gardnertown vs Highland Falls

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

Gardnertown 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.

Gardnertown has the higher population (4,154 vs 3,696 in Highland Falls). Gardnertown has the higher median household income ($112,043 vs $107,500 in Highland Falls). Highland Falls has the higher median home value ($340,600 vs $277,900 in Gardnertown).

Population, income & housing

	Gardnertown	Highland Falls
Population	4,154	3,696
Median age	38.7 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$112,043	$107,500
Median home value	$277,900	$340,600
Median gross rent	$2,440	$1,731
Housing units	1,537	1,798
Homeownership rate	81.9%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardnertown	Highland Falls
Population	4,633 → 4,154 (-10.3%)	3,841 → 3,696 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$78,793 → $112,043 (+42.2%)	$86,750 → $107,500 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$218,700 → $277,900 (+27.1%)	$231,700 → $340,600 (+47.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,234 → $2,440 (+97.7%)	$1,305 → $1,731 (+32.6%)

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

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)

	Gardnertown	Highland Falls
Under 5	8.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	14.0%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.4%	13.6%
35 to 44	17.9%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	18.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	15.8%
65 to 74	8.8%	6.9%
75 and over	6.7%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardnertown	Highland Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	55.4%	46.9%
Black or African American	14.8%	21.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	28.2%	24.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardnertown	Highland Falls
No high school diploma	9.0%	10.7%
High school graduate	25.9%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	18.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardnertown	Highland Falls
Drove alone	79.7%	76.1%
Carpooled	8.1%	9.8%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.9%	8.6%
Other means	3.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardnertown	Highland Falls
1-unit, detached	96.0%	55.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	22.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Gardnertown	Highland Falls
Poverty rate	9.7%	10.4%
Average household size	2.86	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	33	24
Median year structure built	1956	1954