Nassau vs Poestenkill

A side-by-side comparison of Nassau and Poestenkill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nassau has the higher population (1,138 vs 828 in Poestenkill). Poestenkill has the higher median household income ($94,891 vs $81,359 in Nassau). Poestenkill has the higher median home value ($247,900 vs $229,000 in Nassau).

Population, income & housing

	Nassau	Poestenkill
Population	1,138	828
Median age	42.0 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,359	$94,891
Median home value	$229,000	$247,900
Median gross rent	$920	$1,053
Housing units	525	366
Homeownership rate	68.3%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nassau	Poestenkill
Population	1,062 → 1,138 (+7.2%)	959 → 828 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$75,750 → $81,359 (+7.4%)	$79,286 → $94,891 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$162,700 → $229,000 (+40.7%)	$186,300 → $247,900 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$776 → $920 (+18.6%)	$693 → $1,053 (+51.9%)

Nassau

Population

1,0621,138

Median household income

$75,750$81,359

Median home value

$162,700$229,000

Median gross rent

$776$920

Poestenkill

Population

959828

Median household income

$79,286$94,891

Median home value

$186,300$247,900

Median gross rent

$693$1,053

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nassau	Poestenkill
Under 5	4.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	14.5%	11.1%
18 to 24	15.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	4.6%	7.6%
35 to 44	17.8%	8.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	22.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	16.1%
65 to 74	12.7%	13.3%
75 and over	4.3%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nassau	Poestenkill
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nassau	Poestenkill
No high school diploma	4.6%	2.9%
High school graduate	30.8%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nassau	Poestenkill
Drove alone	65.0%	73.2%
Carpooled	9.9%	7.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.7%	17.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nassau	Poestenkill
1-unit, detached	62.3%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	21.9%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	7.9%
20 or more units	7.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nassau	Poestenkill
Poverty rate	5.3%	11.2%
Average household size	2.47	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1940	1951