Otisville vs Sparrow Bush

A side-by-side comparison of Otisville and Sparrow Bush: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Otisville has the higher population (1,210 vs 1,178 in Sparrow Bush). Otisville has the higher median household income ($80,625 vs $55,820 in Sparrow Bush). Otisville has the higher median home value ($277,800 vs $215,300 in Sparrow Bush).

Population, income & housing

	Otisville	Sparrow Bush
Population	1,210	1,178
Median age	35.6 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$80,625	$55,820
Median home value	$277,800	$215,300
Median gross rent	$1,413	$1,325
Housing units	468	596
Homeownership rate	62.2%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Otisville	Sparrow Bush
Population	1,238 → 1,210 (-2.3%)	1,067 → 1,178 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$78,125 → $80,625 (+3.2%)	$45,033 → $55,820 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$184,500 → $277,800 (+50.6%)	$167,100 → $215,300 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,016 → $1,413 (+39.1%)	$999 → $1,325 (+32.6%)

Otisville

Population

1,2381,210

Median household income

$78,125$80,625

Median home value

$184,500$277,800

Median gross rent

$1,016$1,413

Sparrow Bush

Population

1,0671,178

Median household income

$45,033$55,820

Median home value

$167,100$215,300

Median gross rent

$999$1,325

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Otisville	Sparrow Bush
Under 5	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	25.5%	17.4%
18 to 24	4.6%	9.0%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.7%	5.9%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	9.3%	15.4%
65 to 74	13.6%	24.6%
75 and over	6.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Otisville	Sparrow Bush
White (non-Hispanic)	56.4%	67.6%
Black or African American	3.7%	15.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	16.4%
Hispanic or Latino	27.2%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Otisville	Sparrow Bush
No high school diploma	2.2%	14.5%
High school graduate	29.7%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Otisville	Sparrow Bush
Drove alone	84.0%	81.7%
Carpooled	3.4%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	2.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Otisville	Sparrow Bush
1-unit, detached	75.6%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	20.9%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	11.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Otisville	Sparrow Bush
Poverty rate	9.8%	1.5%
Average household size	2.76	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	35	35
Median year structure built	1955	1965