Vails Gate vs Washington Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Vails Gate and Washington Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Washington Heights has the higher population (3,189 vs 3,065 in Vails Gate). Washington Heights has the higher median household income ($78,663 vs $54,340 in Vails Gate). Washington Heights has the higher median home value ($365,400 vs $284,700 in Vails Gate).

Population, income & housing

	Vails Gate	Washington Heights
Population	3,065	3,189
Median age	43.7 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,340	$78,663
Median home value	$284,700	$365,400
Median gross rent	$1,638	$2,222
Housing units	1,600	925
Homeownership rate	51.1%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	27.8%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Vails Gate	Washington Heights
Population	3,031 → 3,065 (+1.1%)	1,830 → 3,189 (+74.3%)
Median household income	$46,953 → $54,340 (+15.7%)	$110,750 → $78,663 (-29.0%)
Median home value	$194,200 → $284,700 (+46.6%)	$227,300 → $365,400 (+60.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,277 → $1,638 (+28.3%)	$1,611 → $2,222 (+37.9%)

Vails Gate

Population

3,0313,065

Median household income

$46,953$54,340

Median home value

$194,200$284,700

Median gross rent

$1,277$1,638

Washington Heights

Population

1,8303,189

Median household income

$110,750$78,663

Median home value

$227,300$365,400

Median gross rent

$1,611$2,222

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Vails Gate	Washington Heights
Under 5	4.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	16.2%	16.0%
18 to 24	2.7%	12.8%
25 to 34	16.2%	13.9%
35 to 44	15.8%	19.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	8.2%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.8%
65 to 74	10.0%	6.5%
75 and over	9.5%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Vails Gate	Washington Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	36.6%	22.5%
Black or African American	19.7%	46.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	36.2%	17.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Vails Gate	Washington Heights
No high school diploma	12.9%	10.4%
High school graduate	27.4%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Vails Gate	Washington Heights
Drove alone	67.5%	65.9%
Carpooled	11.9%	14.2%
Public transit	3.8%	9.3%
Walked	8.4%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	1.8%
Other means	3.5%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Vails Gate	Washington Heights
1-unit, detached	34.1%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	25.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	27.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	24.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Vails Gate	Washington Heights
Poverty rate	8.3%	17.4%
Average household size	2.11	3.50
Mean commute (minutes)	37	29
Median year structure built	1967	1978