Schaghticoke vs Valley Falls

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

Schaghticoke 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.

Schaghticoke has the higher population (591 vs 430 in Valley Falls). Valley Falls has the higher median household income ($86,250 vs $60,417 in Schaghticoke). Schaghticoke has the higher median home value ($189,500 vs $188,500 in Valley Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Schaghticoke	Valley Falls
Population	591	430
Median age	35.9 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,417	$86,250
Median home value	$189,500	$188,500
Median gross rent	$850	$1,139
Housing units	257	195
Homeownership rate	70.4%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Schaghticoke	Valley Falls
Population	642 → 591 (-7.9%)	443 → 430 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$66,375 → $60,417 (-9.0%)	$88,438 → $86,250 (-2.5%)
Median home value	$165,600 → $189,500 (+14.4%)	$155,200 → $188,500 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$892 → $850 (-4.7%)	$910 → $1,139 (+25.2%)

Schaghticoke

Population

642591

Median household income

$66,375$60,417

Median home value

$165,600$189,500

Median gross rent

$892$850

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)

	Schaghticoke	Valley Falls
Under 5	9.8%	4.2%
5 to 17	13.2%	13.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	13.0%
25 to 34	17.3%	7.7%
35 to 44	10.7%	10.5%
45 to 54	8.1%	15.1%
55 to 64	11.2%	15.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	13.3%
75 and over	12.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Schaghticoke	Valley Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	93.5%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Schaghticoke	Valley Falls
No high school diploma	4.4%	1.7%
High school graduate	36.0%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Schaghticoke	Valley Falls
Drove alone	81.0%	80.0%
Carpooled	8.1%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	4.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Schaghticoke	Valley Falls
1-unit, detached	70.4%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	22.6%	23.1%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	5.6%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Schaghticoke	Valley Falls
Poverty rate	22.0%	1.2%
Average household size	2.36	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	29	34
Median year structure built	1938	1938