Greenwood Lake vs Washington Heights

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

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

Washington Heights has the higher population (3,189 vs 3,022 in Greenwood Lake). Greenwood Lake has the higher median household income ($80,240 vs $78,663 in Washington Heights). Washington Heights has the higher median home value ($365,400 vs $309,600 in Greenwood Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwood Lake	Washington Heights
Population	3,022	3,189
Median age	42.2 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$80,240	$78,663
Median home value	$309,600	$365,400
Median gross rent	$1,584	$2,222
Housing units	1,379	925
Homeownership rate	78.2%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	27.8%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwood Lake	Washington Heights
Population	3,091 → 3,022 (-2.2%)	1,830 → 3,189 (+74.3%)
Median household income	$80,805 → $80,240 (-0.7%)	$110,750 → $78,663 (-29.0%)
Median home value	$226,600 → $309,600 (+36.6%)	$227,300 → $365,400 (+60.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,584 (+40.8%)	$1,611 → $2,222 (+37.9%)

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

Washington Heights

Population

1,8303,189

Median household income

$110,750$78,663

Median home value

$227,300$365,400

Median gross rent

$1,611$2,222

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenwood Lake	Washington Heights
Under 5	4.8%	7.3%
5 to 17	12.7%	16.0%
18 to 24	3.3%	12.8%
25 to 34	24.6%	13.9%
35 to 44	9.0%	19.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	8.2%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.8%
65 to 74	14.6%	6.5%
75 and over	6.3%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwood Lake	Washington Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	79.6%	22.5%
Black or African American	1.5%	46.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	17.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwood Lake	Washington Heights
No high school diploma	9.9%	10.4%
High school graduate	32.7%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwood Lake	Washington Heights
Drove alone	57.0%	65.9%
Carpooled	8.5%	14.2%
Public transit	2.7%	9.3%
Walked	4.6%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.3%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwood Lake	Washington Heights
1-unit, detached	86.7%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	25.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenwood Lake	Washington Heights
Poverty rate	8.6%	17.4%
Average household size	2.56	3.50
Mean commute (minutes)	37	29
Median year structure built	1953	1978