Newburgh vs Woodbury

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

Newburgh and Woodbury 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 11,437 in Woodbury). Woodbury has the higher median household income ($141,607 vs $51,006 in Newburgh). Woodbury has the higher median home value ($417,700 vs $221,100 in Newburgh).

Population, income & housing

	Newburgh	Woodbury
Population	28,649	11,437
Median age	31.7 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,006	$141,607
Median home value	$221,100	$417,700
Median gross rent	$1,363	$1,976
Housing units	11,624	3,934
Homeownership rate	35.3%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	46.2%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newburgh	Woodbury
Population	28,255 → 28,649 (+1.4%)	10,810 → 11,437 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$41,769 → $51,006 (+22.1%)	$130,541 → $141,607 (+8.5%)
Median home value	$159,000 → $221,100 (+39.1%)	$319,500 → $417,700 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,114 → $1,363 (+22.4%)	$1,567 → $1,976 (+26.1%)

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

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)

	Newburgh	Woodbury
Under 5	5.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	19.9%	21.2%
18 to 24	11.6%	12.6%
25 to 34	15.8%	7.9%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.7%	17.7%
55 to 64	8.6%	11.3%
65 to 74	7.5%	7.5%
75 and over	4.9%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newburgh	Woodbury
White (non-Hispanic)	21.7%	53.7%
Black or African American	23.8%	10.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	50.9%	24.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newburgh	Woodbury
No high school diploma	19.8%	4.5%
High school graduate	35.6%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	22.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newburgh	Woodbury
Drove alone	55.9%	75.7%
Carpooled	14.4%	9.4%
Public transit	4.6%	5.5%
Walked	9.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	8.2%
Other means	6.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newburgh	Woodbury
1-unit, detached	29.1%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	42.2%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	3.0%
20 or more units	15.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Newburgh	Woodbury
Poverty rate	27.1%	5.0%
Average household size	2.69	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	25	46
Median year structure built	1941	1979