Kiryas Joel vs Scotchtown

A side-by-side comparison of Kiryas Joel and Scotchtown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kiryas Joel has the higher population (36,572 vs 10,544 in Scotchtown). Scotchtown has the higher median household income ($92,889 vs $43,171 in Kiryas Joel). Kiryas Joel has the higher median home value ($685,800 vs $317,400 in Scotchtown).

Population, income & housing

	Kiryas Joel	Scotchtown
Population	36,572	10,544
Median age	15.1 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,171	$92,889
Median home value	$685,800	$317,400
Median gross rent	$1,575	$1,655
Housing units	7,383	4,137
Homeownership rate	35.0%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	32.8%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kiryas Joel	Scotchtown
Population	24,571 → 36,572 (+48.8%)	9,997 → 10,544 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$31,277 → $43,171 (+38.0%)	$72,824 → $92,889 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$517,400 → $685,800 (+32.5%)	$248,900 → $317,400 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,229 → $1,575 (+28.2%)	$1,309 → $1,655 (+26.4%)

Kiryas Joel

Population

24,57136,572

Median household income

$31,277$43,171

Median home value

$517,400$685,800

Median gross rent

$1,229$1,575

Scotchtown

Population

9,99710,544

Median household income

$72,824$92,889

Median home value

$248,900$317,400

Median gross rent

$1,309$1,655

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kiryas Joel	Scotchtown
Under 5	19.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	37.7%	13.5%
18 to 24	14.4%	16.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	15.3%
35 to 44	7.8%	11.6%
45 to 54	5.0%	14.2%
55 to 64	1.9%	12.9%
65 to 74	2.0%	9.2%
75 and over	0.6%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kiryas Joel	Scotchtown
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	32.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	27.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.3%
Two or more races	1.2%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	23.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kiryas Joel	Scotchtown
No high school diploma	25.9%	7.4%
High school graduate	40.6%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kiryas Joel	Scotchtown
Drove alone	40.0%	74.7%
Carpooled	12.9%	13.7%
Public transit	10.1%	2.3%
Walked	20.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	7.4%
Other means	2.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kiryas Joel	Scotchtown
1-unit, detached	2.9%	41.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	67.0%	21.7%
20 or more units	19.0%	16.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Kiryas Joel	Scotchtown
Poverty rate	40.2%	10.6%
Average household size	5.25	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	2005	1978