Greenwood Lake vs Harriman

A side-by-side comparison of Greenwood Lake and Harriman: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Greenwood Lake has the higher population (3,022 vs 2,843 in Harriman). Harriman has the higher median household income ($95,324 vs $80,240 in Greenwood Lake). Greenwood Lake has the higher median home value ($309,600 vs $274,500 in Harriman).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwood Lake	Harriman
Population	3,022	2,843
Median age	42.2 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$80,240	$95,324
Median home value	$309,600	$274,500
Median gross rent	$1,584	$2,040
Housing units	1,379	1,137
Homeownership rate	78.2%	53.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwood Lake	Harriman
Population	3,091 → 3,022 (-2.2%)	3,007 → 2,843 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$80,805 → $80,240 (-0.7%)	$74,435 → $95,324 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$226,600 → $309,600 (+36.6%)	$232,200 → $274,500 (+18.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,584 (+40.8%)	$1,615 → $2,040 (+26.3%)

Greenwood Lake

Population

3,0913,022

Median household income

$80,805$80,240

Median home value

$226,600$309,600

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,584

Harriman

Population

3,0072,843

Median household income

$74,435$95,324

Median home value

$232,200$274,500

Median gross rent

$1,615$2,040

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenwood Lake	Harriman
Under 5	4.8%	7.1%
5 to 17	12.7%	19.2%
18 to 24	3.3%	4.7%
25 to 34	24.6%	15.5%
35 to 44	9.0%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	10.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	14.6%	8.3%
75 and over	6.3%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwood Lake	Harriman
White (non-Hispanic)	79.6%	40.9%
Black or African American	1.5%	13.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	11.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	31.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwood Lake	Harriman
No high school diploma	9.9%	10.3%
High school graduate	32.7%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwood Lake	Harriman
Drove alone	57.0%	50.3%
Carpooled	8.5%	12.4%
Public transit	2.7%	7.9%
Walked	4.6%	10.1%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.3%
Worked from home	26.3%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwood Lake	Harriman
1-unit, detached	86.7%	32.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	33.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Greenwood Lake	Harriman
Poverty rate	8.6%	6.4%
Average household size	2.56	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	37	34
Median year structure built	1953	1985