Haverstraw vs Pearl River

A side-by-side comparison of Haverstraw and Pearl River: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pearl River has the higher population (16,282 vs 12,273 in Haverstraw). Pearl River has the higher median household income ($146,574 vs $67,447 in Haverstraw). Pearl River has the higher median home value ($567,800 vs $361,800 in Haverstraw).

Population, income & housing

	Haverstraw	Pearl River
Population	12,273	16,282
Median age	39.0 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,447	$146,574
Median home value	$361,800	$567,800
Median gross rent	$1,741	$2,058
Housing units	4,180	6,103
Homeownership rate	51.7%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	49.3%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haverstraw	Pearl River
Population	12,065 → 12,273 (+1.7%)	16,476 → 16,282 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$63,191 → $67,447 (+6.7%)	$114,619 → $146,574 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$255,200 → $361,800 (+41.8%)	$456,200 → $567,800 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,377 → $1,741 (+26.4%)	$1,443 → $2,058 (+42.6%)

Haverstraw

Population

12,06512,273

Median household income

$63,191$67,447

Median home value

$255,200$361,800

Median gross rent

$1,377$1,741

Pearl River

Population

16,47616,282

Median household income

$114,619$146,574

Median home value

$456,200$567,800

Median gross rent

$1,443$2,058

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haverstraw	Pearl River
Under 5	8.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.1%	17.1%
18 to 24	9.2%	9.3%
25 to 34	13.2%	10.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	10.3%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.3%
65 to 74	11.3%	8.4%
75 and over	6.1%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haverstraw	Pearl River
White (non-Hispanic)	18.4%	78.1%
Black or African American	17.1%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.5%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	60.5%	15.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haverstraw	Pearl River
No high school diploma	27.9%	11.1%
High school graduate	27.3%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haverstraw	Pearl River
Drove alone	53.7%	72.7%
Carpooled	19.2%	5.4%
Public transit	8.4%	4.0%
Walked	2.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	15.2%
Other means	6.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haverstraw	Pearl River
1-unit, detached	30.7%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	16.5%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	24.4%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	10.9%
20 or more units	20.5%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Haverstraw	Pearl River
Poverty rate	17.0%	5.5%
Average household size	3.05	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1962	1959