Chestnut Ridge vs Stony Point

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

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

Stony Point has the higher population (12,694 vs 10,464 in Chestnut Ridge). Stony Point has the higher median household income ($122,828 vs $113,750 in Chestnut Ridge). Chestnut Ridge has the higher median home value ($668,000 vs $472,600 in Stony Point).

Population, income & housing

	Chestnut Ridge	Stony Point
Population	10,464	12,694
Median age	26.8 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$113,750	$122,828
Median home value	$668,000	$472,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,696
Housing units	2,959	4,663
Homeownership rate	78.2%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chestnut Ridge	Stony Point
Population	8,057 → 10,464 (+29.9%)	12,586 → 12,694 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$94,904 → $113,750 (+19.9%)	$107,012 → $122,828 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$494,800 → $668,000 (+35.0%)	$369,200 → $472,600 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,675 → $1,792 (+7.0%)	$1,585 → $1,696 (+7.0%)

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

Stony Point

Population

12,58612,694

Median household income

$107,012$122,828

Median home value

$369,200$472,600

Median gross rent

$1,585$1,696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chestnut Ridge	Stony Point
Under 5	14.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	27.9%	17.3%
18 to 24	4.5%	8.8%
25 to 34	14.1%	8.7%
35 to 44	9.1%	12.4%
45 to 54	7.9%	13.6%
55 to 64	8.9%	16.1%
65 to 74	6.5%	7.9%
75 and over	6.9%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chestnut Ridge	Stony Point
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	57.5%
Black or African American	7.7%	12.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	22.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chestnut Ridge	Stony Point
No high school diploma	11.1%	9.0%
High school graduate	27.2%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	22.0%	18.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chestnut Ridge	Stony Point
Drove alone	60.4%	80.8%
Carpooled	7.6%	6.7%
Public transit	7.9%	4.3%
Walked	2.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	7.5%
Other means	4.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chestnut Ridge	Stony Point
1-unit, detached	85.7%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	1.2%
20 or more units	6.4%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Chestnut Ridge	Stony Point
Poverty rate	6.1%	2.5%
Average household size	3.73	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	29	38
Median year structure built	1967	1971