Chestnut Ridge vs Suffern

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

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

Suffern has the higher population (11,395 vs 10,464 in Chestnut Ridge). Chestnut Ridge has the higher median household income ($113,750 vs $100,737 in Suffern). Chestnut Ridge has the higher median home value ($668,000 vs $350,200 in Suffern).

Population, income & housing

	Chestnut Ridge	Suffern
Population	10,464	11,395
Median age	26.8 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$113,750	$100,737
Median home value	$668,000	$350,200
Median gross rent	—	$2,068
Housing units	2,959	4,799
Homeownership rate	78.2%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	43.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chestnut Ridge	Suffern
Population	8,057 → 10,464 (+29.9%)	10,943 → 11,395 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$94,904 → $113,750 (+19.9%)	$81,845 → $100,737 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$494,800 → $668,000 (+35.0%)	$310,900 → $350,200 (+12.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,675 → $1,792 (+7.0%)	$1,557 → $2,068 (+32.8%)

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

Suffern

Population

10,94311,395

Median household income

$81,845$100,737

Median home value

$310,900$350,200

Median gross rent

$1,557$2,068

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chestnut Ridge	Suffern
Under 5	14.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	27.9%	18.0%
18 to 24	4.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	14.1%	11.4%
35 to 44	9.1%	11.8%
45 to 54	7.9%	15.1%
55 to 64	8.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	6.5%	9.6%
75 and over	6.9%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chestnut Ridge	Suffern
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	56.7%
Black or African American	7.7%	16.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	18.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chestnut Ridge	Suffern
No high school diploma	11.1%	9.2%
High school graduate	27.2%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	22.0%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chestnut Ridge	Suffern
Drove alone	60.4%	79.0%
Carpooled	7.6%	5.3%
Public transit	7.9%	2.4%
Walked	2.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	17.3%	11.1%
Other means	4.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chestnut Ridge	Suffern
1-unit, detached	85.7%	28.6%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	16.9%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	32.2%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	8.5%
20 or more units	6.4%	13.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chestnut Ridge	Suffern
Poverty rate	6.1%	4.4%
Average household size	3.73	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1967	1971