Kiryas Joel vs Woodbury

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

Kiryas Joel and Woodbury 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 11,437 in Woodbury). Woodbury has the higher median household income ($141,607 vs $43,171 in Kiryas Joel). Kiryas Joel has the higher median home value ($685,800 vs $417,700 in Woodbury).

Population, income & housing

	Kiryas Joel	Woodbury
Population	36,572	11,437
Median age	15.1 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,171	$141,607
Median home value	$685,800	$417,700
Median gross rent	$1,575	$1,976
Housing units	7,383	3,934
Homeownership rate	35.0%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	46.2%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kiryas Joel	Woodbury
Population	24,571 → 36,572 (+48.8%)	10,810 → 11,437 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$31,277 → $43,171 (+38.0%)	$130,541 → $141,607 (+8.5%)
Median home value	$517,400 → $685,800 (+32.5%)	$319,500 → $417,700 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,229 → $1,575 (+28.2%)	$1,567 → $1,976 (+26.1%)

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

Woodbury

Population

10,81011,437

Median household income

$130,541$141,607

Median home value

$319,500$417,700

Median gross rent

$1,567$1,976

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kiryas Joel	Woodbury
Under 5	19.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	37.7%	21.2%
18 to 24	14.4%	12.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	7.9%
35 to 44	7.8%	13.6%
45 to 54	5.0%	17.7%
55 to 64	1.9%	11.3%
65 to 74	2.0%	7.5%
75 and over	0.6%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kiryas Joel	Woodbury
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	53.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	10.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.2%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	24.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kiryas Joel	Woodbury
No high school diploma	25.9%	4.5%
High school graduate	40.6%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	22.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kiryas Joel	Woodbury
Drove alone	40.0%	75.7%
Carpooled	12.9%	9.4%
Public transit	10.1%	5.5%
Walked	20.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	8.2%
Other means	2.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kiryas Joel	Woodbury
1-unit, detached	2.9%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	67.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	19.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Kiryas Joel	Woodbury
Poverty rate	40.2%	5.0%
Average household size	5.25	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	21	46
Median year structure built	2005	1979