Blauvelt vs Thiells

A side-by-side comparison of Blauvelt and Thiells: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blauvelt has the higher population (5,485 vs 4,539 in Thiells). Blauvelt has the higher median household income ($172,083 vs $126,250 in Thiells). Blauvelt has the higher median home value ($629,000 vs $532,200 in Thiells).

Population, income & housing

	Blauvelt	Thiells
Population	5,485	4,539
Median age	43.6 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$172,083	$126,250
Median home value	$629,000	$532,200
Median gross rent	$2,283	$1,739
Housing units	1,708	1,565
Homeownership rate	96.1%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.0%	43.6%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blauvelt	Thiells
Population	5,152 → 5,485 (+6.5%)	4,870 → 4,539 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$151,221 → $172,083 (+13.8%)	$127,891 → $126,250 (-1.3%)
Median home value	$513,000 → $629,000 (+22.6%)	$414,800 → $532,200 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,641 → $2,283 (+39.1%)	$1,857 → $1,739 (-6.4%)

Blauvelt

Population

5,1525,485

Median household income

$151,221$172,083

Median home value

$513,000$629,000

Median gross rent

$1,641$2,283

Thiells

Population

4,8704,539

Median household income

$127,891$126,250

Median home value

$414,800$532,200

Median gross rent

$1,857$1,739

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blauvelt	Thiells
Under 5	3.4%	8.3%
5 to 17	15.7%	14.7%
18 to 24	12.5%	3.9%
25 to 34	11.2%	15.7%
35 to 44	7.8%	9.8%
45 to 54	14.7%	9.4%
55 to 64	14.6%	17.9%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.2%
75 and over	11.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blauvelt	Thiells
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	61.6%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.7%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	28.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blauvelt	Thiells
No high school diploma	5.2%	5.5%
High school graduate	18.7%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	23.1%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blauvelt	Thiells
Drove alone	76.4%	71.8%
Carpooled	4.2%	12.8%
Public transit	8.0%	1.6%
Walked	0.8%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	9.5%
Other means	1.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blauvelt	Thiells
1-unit, detached	97.8%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blauvelt	Thiells
Poverty rate	6.5%	3.2%
Average household size	3.09	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	45	29
Median year structure built	1962	1975