Monsey vs New City

A side-by-side comparison of Monsey and New City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New City has the higher population (34,133 vs 27,787 in Monsey). New City has the higher median household income ($174,479 vs $49,095 in Monsey). Monsey has the higher median home value ($829,700 vs $618,500 in New City).

Population, income & housing

	Monsey	New City
Population	27,787	34,133
Median age	15.6 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,095	$174,479
Median home value	$829,700	$618,500
Median gross rent	$1,780	$2,395
Housing units	5,487	10,957
Homeownership rate	35.0%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	59.0%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monsey	New City
Population	23,055 → 27,787 (+20.5%)	35,101 → 34,133 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$45,399 → $49,095 (+8.1%)	$138,638 → $174,479 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$676,400 → $829,700 (+22.7%)	$489,600 → $618,500 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,506 → $1,780 (+18.2%)	$1,643 → $2,395 (+45.8%)

Monsey

Population

23,05527,787

Median household income

$45,399$49,095

Median home value

$676,400$829,700

Median gross rent

$1,506$1,780

New City

Population

35,10134,133

Median household income

$138,638$174,479

Median home value

$489,600$618,500

Median gross rent

$1,643$2,395

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monsey	New City
Under 5	18.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	37.0%	16.4%
18 to 24	10.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	9.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	3.6%	11.9%
55 to 64	3.2%	15.7%
65 to 74	3.8%	11.6%
75 and over	2.2%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monsey	New City
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	57.8%
Black or African American	1.5%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	14.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monsey	New City
No high school diploma	20.6%	6.5%
High school graduate	36.7%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	31.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	27.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monsey	New City
Drove alone	45.5%	71.7%
Carpooled	18.1%	4.8%
Public transit	6.9%	5.6%
Walked	10.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	16.8%
Other means	5.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monsey	New City
1-unit, detached	23.5%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	34.1%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	30.7%	0.9%
20 or more units	2.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Monsey	New City
Poverty rate	46.5%	4.4%
Average household size	5.38	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	22	34
Median year structure built	2001	1968