Poestenkill vs Valley Falls

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

Poestenkill and Valley Falls 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 430 in Valley Falls). Poestenkill has the higher median household income ($94,891 vs $86,250 in Valley Falls). Poestenkill has the higher median home value ($247,900 vs $188,500 in Valley Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Poestenkill	Valley Falls
Population	828	430
Median age	50.8 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$94,891	$86,250
Median home value	$247,900	$188,500
Median gross rent	$1,053	$1,139
Housing units	366	195
Homeownership rate	81.8%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poestenkill	Valley Falls
Population	959 → 828 (-13.7%)	443 → 430 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$79,286 → $94,891 (+19.7%)	$88,438 → $86,250 (-2.5%)
Median home value	$186,300 → $247,900 (+33.1%)	$155,200 → $188,500 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $1,053 (+51.9%)	$910 → $1,139 (+25.2%)

Poestenkill

Population

959828

Median household income

$79,286$94,891

Median home value

$186,300$247,900

Median gross rent

$693$1,053

Valley Falls

Population

443430

Median household income

$88,438$86,250

Median home value

$155,200$188,500

Median gross rent

$910$1,139

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Poestenkill	Valley Falls
Under 5	3.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	11.1%	13.3%
18 to 24	7.1%	13.0%
25 to 34	7.6%	7.7%
35 to 44	8.0%	10.5%
45 to 54	22.1%	15.1%
55 to 64	16.1%	15.8%
65 to 74	13.3%	13.3%
75 and over	11.2%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poestenkill	Valley Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.2%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Poestenkill	Valley Falls
No high school diploma	2.9%	1.7%
High school graduate	43.4%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Poestenkill	Valley Falls
Drove alone	73.2%	80.0%
Carpooled	7.0%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.9%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.8%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poestenkill	Valley Falls
1-unit, detached	79.0%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	23.1%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Poestenkill	Valley Falls
Poverty rate	11.2%	1.2%
Average household size	2.44	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	26	34
Median year structure built	1951	1938