Airmont vs Chestnut Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Airmont and Chestnut Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chestnut Ridge has the higher population (10,464 vs 10,082 in Airmont). Chestnut Ridge has the higher median household income ($113,750 vs $101,868 in Airmont). Chestnut Ridge has the higher median home value ($668,000 vs $649,300 in Airmont).

Population, income & housing

	Airmont	Chestnut Ridge
Population	10,082	10,464
Median age	28.7 yrs	26.8 yrs
Median household income	$101,868	$113,750
Median home value	$649,300	$668,000
Median gross rent	$1,468	—
Housing units	2,809	2,959
Homeownership rate	78.2%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.8%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Airmont	Chestnut Ridge
Population	8,770 → 10,082 (+15.0%)	8,057 → 10,464 (+29.9%)
Median household income	$89,784 → $101,868 (+13.5%)	$94,904 → $113,750 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$508,800 → $649,300 (+27.6%)	$494,800 → $668,000 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,570 → $1,468 (-6.5%)	$1,675 → $1,792 (+7.0%)

Airmont

Population

8,77010,082

Median household income

$89,784$101,868

Median home value

$508,800$649,300

Median gross rent

$1,570$1,468

Chestnut Ridge

Population

8,05710,464

Median household income

$94,904$113,750

Median home value

$494,800$668,000

Median gross rent

$1,675$1,792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Airmont	Chestnut Ridge
Under 5	7.4%	14.2%
5 to 17	26.6%	27.9%
18 to 24	11.4%	4.5%
25 to 34	9.6%	14.1%
35 to 44	10.6%	9.1%
45 to 54	10.8%	7.9%
55 to 64	8.3%	8.9%
65 to 74	7.2%	6.5%
75 and over	8.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Airmont	Chestnut Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	76.2%
Black or African American	5.2%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.2%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Airmont	Chestnut Ridge
No high school diploma	14.3%	11.1%
High school graduate	26.0%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	22.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Airmont	Chestnut Ridge
Drove alone	62.7%	60.4%
Carpooled	19.2%	7.6%
Public transit	4.3%	7.9%
Walked	1.8%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	17.3%
Other means	1.8%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Airmont	Chestnut Ridge
1-unit, detached	80.1%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.6%
20 or more units	9.9%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Airmont	Chestnut Ridge
Poverty rate	12.5%	6.1%
Average household size	3.64	3.73
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1968	1967