Walden vs Washingtonville

A side-by-side comparison of Walden and Washingtonville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Walden has the higher population (6,871 vs 5,723 in Washingtonville). Washingtonville has the higher median household income ($101,080 vs $89,652 in Walden). Washingtonville has the higher median home value ($344,200 vs $328,300 in Walden).

Population, income & housing

	Walden	Washingtonville
Population	6,871	5,723
Median age	38.1 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$89,652	$101,080
Median home value	$328,300	$344,200
Median gross rent	$1,448	$1,355
Housing units	2,882	2,186
Homeownership rate	62.9%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Walden	Washingtonville
Population	6,724 → 6,871 (+2.2%)	5,746 → 5,723 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$74,107 → $89,652 (+21.0%)	$91,653 → $101,080 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$212,100 → $328,300 (+54.8%)	$256,300 → $344,200 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,024 → $1,448 (+41.4%)	$945 → $1,355 (+43.4%)

Walden

Population

6,7246,871

Median household income

$74,107$89,652

Median home value

$212,100$328,300

Median gross rent

$1,024$1,448

Washingtonville

Population

5,7465,723

Median household income

$91,653$101,080

Median home value

$256,300$344,200

Median gross rent

$945$1,355

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Walden	Washingtonville
Under 5	6.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	18.2%	19.0%
18 to 24	9.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.4%	17.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	10.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	9.5%
55 to 64	15.8%	17.3%
65 to 74	6.0%	7.8%
75 and over	5.9%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Walden	Washingtonville
White (non-Hispanic)	52.4%	57.3%
Black or African American	11.4%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	8.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	24.7%	27.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Walden	Washingtonville
No high school diploma	12.1%	8.4%
High school graduate	30.4%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Walden	Washingtonville
Drove alone	82.6%	75.2%
Carpooled	3.7%	6.2%
Public transit	0.4%	5.3%
Walked	1.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	12.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Walden	Washingtonville
1-unit, detached	55.2%	60.6%
1-unit, attached	11.9%	15.8%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	6.1%
20 or more units	4.4%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Walden	Washingtonville
Poverty rate	12.9%	7.4%
Average household size	2.61	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	31	36
Median year structure built	1958	1984