Haverstraw vs West Haverstraw

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

Haverstraw and West Haverstraw 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 10,663 in West Haverstraw). West Haverstraw has the higher median household income ($86,167 vs $67,447 in Haverstraw). West Haverstraw has the higher median home value ($368,600 vs $361,800 in Haverstraw).

Population, income & housing

	Haverstraw	West Haverstraw
Population	12,273	10,663
Median age	39.0 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,447	$86,167
Median home value	$361,800	$368,600
Median gross rent	$1,741	$1,807
Housing units	4,180	3,211
Homeownership rate	51.7%	56.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haverstraw	West Haverstraw
Population	12,065 → 12,273 (+1.7%)	10,250 → 10,663 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$63,191 → $67,447 (+6.7%)	$64,782 → $86,167 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$255,200 → $361,800 (+41.8%)	$265,900 → $368,600 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,377 → $1,741 (+26.4%)	$1,446 → $1,807 (+25.0%)

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

West Haverstraw

Population

10,25010,663

Median household income

$64,782$86,167

Median home value

$265,900$368,600

Median gross rent

$1,446$1,807

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haverstraw	West Haverstraw
Under 5	8.3%	9.7%
5 to 17	15.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.2%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.2%	9.7%
35 to 44	10.9%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.7%	16.6%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.6%
65 to 74	11.3%	6.6%
75 and over	6.1%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haverstraw	West Haverstraw
White (non-Hispanic)	18.4%	17.8%
Black or African American	17.1%	13.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	60.5%	63.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haverstraw	West Haverstraw
No high school diploma	27.9%	15.5%
High school graduate	27.3%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haverstraw	West Haverstraw
Drove alone	53.7%	73.5%
Carpooled	19.2%	7.5%
Public transit	8.4%	7.2%
Walked	2.9%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	10.5%
Other means	6.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haverstraw	West Haverstraw
1-unit, detached	30.7%	44.0%
1-unit, attached	16.5%	17.4%
2 to 4 units	24.4%	20.7%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	15.8%
20 or more units	20.5%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Haverstraw	West Haverstraw
Poverty rate	17.0%	12.6%
Average household size	3.05	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1962	1967