Port Jervis vs Scotchtown

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

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

Scotchtown has the higher population (10,544 vs 8,709 in Port Jervis). Scotchtown has the higher median household income ($92,889 vs $50,721 in Port Jervis). Scotchtown has the higher median home value ($317,400 vs $220,700 in Port Jervis).

Population, income & housing

	Port Jervis	Scotchtown
Population	8,709	10,544
Median age	39.6 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,721	$92,889
Median home value	$220,700	$317,400
Median gross rent	$1,247	$1,655
Housing units	3,896	4,137
Homeownership rate	51.8%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	32.8%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Jervis	Scotchtown
Population	8,595 → 8,709 (+1.3%)	9,997 → 10,544 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$47,531 → $50,721 (+6.7%)	$72,824 → $92,889 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$145,000 → $220,700 (+52.2%)	$248,900 → $317,400 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,021 → $1,247 (+22.1%)	$1,309 → $1,655 (+26.4%)

Port Jervis

Population

8,5958,709

Median household income

$47,531$50,721

Median home value

$145,000$220,700

Median gross rent

$1,021$1,247

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)

	Port Jervis	Scotchtown
Under 5	4.6%	3.5%
5 to 17	16.2%	13.5%
18 to 24	12.4%	16.0%
25 to 34	9.7%	15.3%
35 to 44	14.4%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.0%	14.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	12.9%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.2%
75 and over	8.6%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Jervis	Scotchtown
White (non-Hispanic)	60.1%	32.7%
Black or African American	7.8%	27.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.3%
Asian	4.2%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.3%
Two or more races	5.3%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	21.6%	23.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Jervis	Scotchtown
No high school diploma	13.5%	7.4%
High school graduate	45.7%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Jervis	Scotchtown
Drove alone	66.9%	74.7%
Carpooled	13.1%	13.7%
Public transit	2.1%	2.3%
Walked	11.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	7.4%
Other means	2.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Jervis	Scotchtown
1-unit, detached	57.4%	41.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	19.1%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	21.7%
20 or more units	14.8%	16.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Port Jervis	Scotchtown
Poverty rate	20.7%	10.6%
Average household size	2.44	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1938	1978