Poestenkill vs Schaghticoke

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

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

Poestenkill has the higher population (828 vs 591 in Schaghticoke). Poestenkill has the higher median household income ($94,891 vs $60,417 in Schaghticoke). Poestenkill has the higher median home value ($247,900 vs $189,500 in Schaghticoke).

Population, income & housing

	Poestenkill	Schaghticoke
Population	828	591
Median age	50.8 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$94,891	$60,417
Median home value	$247,900	$189,500
Median gross rent	$1,053	$850
Housing units	366	257
Homeownership rate	81.8%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poestenkill	Schaghticoke
Population	959 → 828 (-13.7%)	642 → 591 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$79,286 → $94,891 (+19.7%)	$66,375 → $60,417 (-9.0%)
Median home value	$186,300 → $247,900 (+33.1%)	$165,600 → $189,500 (+14.4%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $1,053 (+51.9%)	$892 → $850 (-4.7%)

Poestenkill

Population

959828

Median household income

$79,286$94,891

Median home value

$186,300$247,900

Median gross rent

$693$1,053

Schaghticoke

Population

642591

Median household income

$66,375$60,417

Median home value

$165,600$189,500

Median gross rent

$892$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Poestenkill	Schaghticoke
Under 5	3.5%	9.8%
5 to 17	11.1%	13.2%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	7.6%	17.3%
35 to 44	8.0%	10.7%
45 to 54	22.1%	8.1%
55 to 64	16.1%	11.2%
65 to 74	13.3%	9.5%
75 and over	11.2%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poestenkill	Schaghticoke
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Poestenkill	Schaghticoke
No high school diploma	2.9%	4.4%
High school graduate	43.4%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Poestenkill	Schaghticoke
Drove alone	73.2%	81.0%
Carpooled	7.0%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.8%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poestenkill	Schaghticoke
1-unit, detached	79.0%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	22.6%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Poestenkill	Schaghticoke
Poverty rate	11.2%	22.0%
Average household size	2.44	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1951	1938