Nanuet vs Suffern

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

Nanuet and Suffern 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 11,395 in Suffern). Nanuet has the higher median household income ($113,582 vs $100,737 in Suffern). Nanuet has the higher median home value ($502,700 vs $350,200 in Suffern).

Population, income & housing

	Nanuet	Suffern
Population	20,089	11,395
Median age	43.8 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$113,582	$100,737
Median home value	$502,700	$350,200
Median gross rent	$2,206	$2,068
Housing units	7,566	4,799
Homeownership rate	64.3%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.8%	43.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nanuet	Suffern
Population	17,517 → 20,089 (+14.7%)	10,943 → 11,395 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$104,315 → $113,582 (+8.9%)	$81,845 → $100,737 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$382,200 → $502,700 (+31.5%)	$310,900 → $350,200 (+12.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,021 → $2,206 (+9.2%)	$1,557 → $2,068 (+32.8%)

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

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)

	Nanuet	Suffern
Under 5	4.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.6%	18.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.7%	11.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	15.4%	15.1%
55 to 64	14.6%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.6%
75 and over	8.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nanuet	Suffern
White (non-Hispanic)	47.2%	56.7%
Black or African American	17.7%	16.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	12.5%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	18.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nanuet	Suffern
No high school diploma	10.0%	9.2%
High school graduate	22.7%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nanuet	Suffern
Drove alone	74.8%	79.0%
Carpooled	6.7%	5.3%
Public transit	4.0%	2.4%
Walked	1.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.6%	11.1%
Other means	2.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nanuet	Suffern
1-unit, detached	46.2%	28.6%
1-unit, attached	13.5%	16.9%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	32.2%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	8.5%
20 or more units	9.6%	13.8%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nanuet	Suffern
Poverty rate	7.5%	4.4%
Average household size	2.74	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1974	1971