Nanuet vs Pearl River

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

Nanuet 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.

Nanuet has the higher population (20,089 vs 16,282 in Pearl River). Pearl River has the higher median household income ($146,574 vs $113,582 in Nanuet). Pearl River has the higher median home value ($567,800 vs $502,700 in Nanuet).

Population, income & housing

	Nanuet	Pearl River
Population	20,089	16,282
Median age	43.8 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$113,582	$146,574
Median home value	$502,700	$567,800
Median gross rent	$2,206	$2,058
Housing units	7,566	6,103
Homeownership rate	64.3%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.8%	49.3%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nanuet	Pearl River
Population	17,517 → 20,089 (+14.7%)	16,476 → 16,282 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$104,315 → $113,582 (+8.9%)	$114,619 → $146,574 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$382,200 → $502,700 (+31.5%)	$456,200 → $567,800 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,021 → $2,206 (+9.2%)	$1,443 → $2,058 (+42.6%)

Nanuet

Population

17,51720,089

Median household income

$104,315$113,582

Median home value

$382,200$502,700

Median gross rent

$2,021$2,206

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)

	Nanuet	Pearl River
Under 5	4.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.6%	17.1%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.3%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.3%
45 to 54	15.4%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.6%	15.3%
65 to 74	10.3%	8.4%
75 and over	8.7%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nanuet	Pearl River
White (non-Hispanic)	47.2%	78.1%
Black or African American	17.7%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	12.5%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.5%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	15.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nanuet	Pearl River
No high school diploma	10.0%	11.1%
High school graduate	22.7%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nanuet	Pearl River
Drove alone	74.8%	72.7%
Carpooled	6.7%	5.4%
Public transit	4.0%	4.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	15.2%
Other means	2.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nanuet	Pearl River
1-unit, detached	46.2%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	13.5%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	10.9%
20 or more units	9.6%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nanuet	Pearl River
Poverty rate	7.5%	5.5%
Average household size	2.74	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1974	1959