Nyack vs Wesley Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Nyack and Wesley Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nyack has the higher population (7,469 vs 6,150 in Wesley Hills). Wesley Hills has the higher median household income ($179,000 vs $118,889 in Nyack). Wesley Hills has the higher median home value ($893,200 vs $619,300 in Nyack).

Population, income & housing

	Nyack	Wesley Hills
Population	7,469	6,150
Median age	39.6 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$118,889	$179,000
Median home value	$619,300	$893,200
Median gross rent	$2,213	$1,844
Housing units	3,559	1,680
Homeownership rate	35.2%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.8%	64.0%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nyack	Wesley Hills
Population	7,173 → 7,469 (+4.1%)	5,885 → 6,150 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$66,413 → $118,889 (+79.0%)	$124,487 → $179,000 (+43.8%)
Median home value	$475,500 → $619,300 (+30.2%)	$666,000 → $893,200 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,790 → $2,213 (+23.6%)	$1,719 → $1,844 (+7.3%)

Nyack

Population

7,1737,469

Median household income

$66,413$118,889

Median home value

$475,500$619,300

Median gross rent

$1,790$2,213

Wesley Hills

Population

5,8856,150

Median household income

$124,487$179,000

Median home value

$666,000$893,200

Median gross rent

$1,719$1,844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nyack	Wesley Hills
Under 5	4.6%	7.8%
5 to 17	11.6%	23.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	12.5%
25 to 34	16.2%	6.9%
35 to 44	17.2%	9.5%
45 to 54	10.4%	9.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	10.2%
75 and over	8.9%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nyack	Wesley Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	52.4%	92.7%
Black or African American	21.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	4.7%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	18.4%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nyack	Wesley Hills
No high school diploma	7.2%	2.6%
High school graduate	14.4%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	14.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	34.1%	35.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nyack	Wesley Hills
Drove alone	57.2%	74.4%
Carpooled	6.0%	6.3%
Public transit	13.1%	4.2%
Walked	3.7%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	13.2%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nyack	Wesley Hills
1-unit, detached	22.5%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	13.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	25.2%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	25.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nyack	Wesley Hills
Poverty rate	6.5%	5.5%
Average household size	2.21	3.80
Mean commute (minutes)	35	34
Median year structure built	1962	1974