Newburgh vs Scotchtown

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

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

Newburgh has the higher population (28,649 vs 10,544 in Scotchtown). Scotchtown has the higher median household income ($92,889 vs $51,006 in Newburgh). Scotchtown has the higher median home value ($317,400 vs $221,100 in Newburgh).

Population, income & housing

	Newburgh	Scotchtown
Population	28,649	10,544
Median age	31.7 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,006	$92,889
Median home value	$221,100	$317,400
Median gross rent	$1,363	$1,655
Housing units	11,624	4,137
Homeownership rate	35.3%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	32.8%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newburgh	Scotchtown
Population	28,255 → 28,649 (+1.4%)	9,997 → 10,544 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$41,769 → $51,006 (+22.1%)	$72,824 → $92,889 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$159,000 → $221,100 (+39.1%)	$248,900 → $317,400 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,114 → $1,363 (+22.4%)	$1,309 → $1,655 (+26.4%)

Newburgh

Population

28,25528,649

Median household income

$41,769$51,006

Median home value

$159,000$221,100

Median gross rent

$1,114$1,363

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)

	Newburgh	Scotchtown
Under 5	5.8%	3.5%
5 to 17	19.9%	13.5%
18 to 24	11.6%	16.0%
25 to 34	15.8%	15.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.7%	14.2%
55 to 64	8.6%	12.9%
65 to 74	7.5%	9.2%
75 and over	4.9%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newburgh	Scotchtown
White (non-Hispanic)	21.7%	32.7%
Black or African American	23.8%	27.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	50.9%	23.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newburgh	Scotchtown
No high school diploma	19.8%	7.4%
High school graduate	35.6%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newburgh	Scotchtown
Drove alone	55.9%	74.7%
Carpooled	14.4%	13.7%
Public transit	4.6%	2.3%
Walked	9.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	7.4%
Other means	6.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newburgh	Scotchtown
1-unit, detached	29.1%	41.9%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	42.2%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	21.7%
20 or more units	15.0%	16.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Newburgh	Scotchtown
Poverty rate	27.1%	10.6%
Average household size	2.69	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1941	1978