Haverstraw vs Suffern

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

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

Haverstraw has the higher population (12,273 vs 11,395 in Suffern). Suffern has the higher median household income ($100,737 vs $67,447 in Haverstraw). Haverstraw has the higher median home value ($361,800 vs $350,200 in Suffern).

Population, income & housing

	Haverstraw	Suffern
Population	12,273	11,395
Median age	39.0 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,447	$100,737
Median home value	$361,800	$350,200
Median gross rent	$1,741	$2,068
Housing units	4,180	4,799
Homeownership rate	51.7%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	43.7%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haverstraw	Suffern
Population	12,065 → 12,273 (+1.7%)	10,943 → 11,395 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$63,191 → $67,447 (+6.7%)	$81,845 → $100,737 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$255,200 → $361,800 (+41.8%)	$310,900 → $350,200 (+12.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,377 → $1,741 (+26.4%)	$1,557 → $2,068 (+32.8%)

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

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)

	Haverstraw	Suffern
Under 5	8.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.1%	18.0%
18 to 24	9.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	11.4%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.7%	15.1%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.5%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.6%
75 and over	6.1%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haverstraw	Suffern
White (non-Hispanic)	18.4%	56.7%
Black or African American	17.1%	16.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	60.5%	18.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haverstraw	Suffern
No high school diploma	27.9%	9.2%
High school graduate	27.3%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haverstraw	Suffern
Drove alone	53.7%	79.0%
Carpooled	19.2%	5.3%
Public transit	8.4%	2.4%
Walked	2.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.5%	11.1%
Other means	6.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haverstraw	Suffern
1-unit, detached	30.7%	28.6%
1-unit, attached	16.5%	16.9%
2 to 4 units	24.4%	32.2%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	8.5%
20 or more units	20.5%	13.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Haverstraw	Suffern
Poverty rate	17.0%	4.4%
Average household size	3.05	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1962	1971