Scotchtown vs Woodbury

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

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

Woodbury has the higher population (11,437 vs 10,544 in Scotchtown). Woodbury has the higher median household income ($141,607 vs $92,889 in Scotchtown). Woodbury has the higher median home value ($417,700 vs $317,400 in Scotchtown).

Population, income & housing

	Scotchtown	Woodbury
Population	10,544	11,437
Median age	36.5 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$92,889	$141,607
Median home value	$317,400	$417,700
Median gross rent	$1,655	$1,976
Housing units	4,137	3,934
Homeownership rate	48.1%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%	46.2%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Scotchtown	Woodbury
Population	9,997 → 10,544 (+5.5%)	10,810 → 11,437 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$72,824 → $92,889 (+27.6%)	$130,541 → $141,607 (+8.5%)
Median home value	$248,900 → $317,400 (+27.5%)	$319,500 → $417,700 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,309 → $1,655 (+26.4%)	$1,567 → $1,976 (+26.1%)

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

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)

	Scotchtown	Woodbury
Under 5	3.5%	4.4%
5 to 17	13.5%	21.2%
18 to 24	16.0%	12.6%
25 to 34	15.3%	7.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	14.2%	17.7%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.3%
65 to 74	9.2%	7.5%
75 and over	3.9%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Scotchtown	Woodbury
White (non-Hispanic)	32.7%	53.7%
Black or African American	27.3%	10.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	6.1%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	23.6%	24.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Scotchtown	Woodbury
No high school diploma	7.4%	4.5%
High school graduate	27.0%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	22.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Scotchtown	Woodbury
Drove alone	74.7%	75.7%
Carpooled	13.7%	9.4%
Public transit	2.3%	5.5%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	8.2%
Other means	1.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Scotchtown	Woodbury
1-unit, detached	41.9%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	21.7%	3.0%
20 or more units	16.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Scotchtown	Woodbury
Poverty rate	10.6%	5.0%
Average household size	2.57	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	28	46
Median year structure built	1978	1979