Pearl River vs Suffern

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

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

Pearl River has the higher population (16,282 vs 11,395 in Suffern). Pearl River has the higher median household income ($146,574 vs $100,737 in Suffern). Pearl River has the higher median home value ($567,800 vs $350,200 in Suffern).

Population, income & housing

	Pearl River	Suffern
Population	16,282	11,395
Median age	40.1 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$146,574	$100,737
Median home value	$567,800	$350,200
Median gross rent	$2,058	$2,068
Housing units	6,103	4,799
Homeownership rate	76.7%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.3%	43.7%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pearl River	Suffern
Population	16,476 → 16,282 (-1.2%)	10,943 → 11,395 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$114,619 → $146,574 (+27.9%)	$81,845 → $100,737 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$456,200 → $567,800 (+24.5%)	$310,900 → $350,200 (+12.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,443 → $2,058 (+42.6%)	$1,557 → $2,068 (+32.8%)

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

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)

	Pearl River	Suffern
Under 5	5.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.1%	18.0%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.8%	11.4%
35 to 44	10.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	15.3%	12.5%
65 to 74	8.4%	9.6%
75 and over	10.1%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pearl River	Suffern
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	56.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	16.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	15.0%	18.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pearl River	Suffern
No high school diploma	11.1%	9.2%
High school graduate	16.4%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.3%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pearl River	Suffern
Drove alone	72.7%	79.0%
Carpooled	5.4%	5.3%
Public transit	4.0%	2.4%
Walked	1.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	15.2%	11.1%
Other means	0.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pearl River	Suffern
1-unit, detached	71.6%	28.6%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	16.9%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	32.2%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	8.5%
20 or more units	2.5%	13.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pearl River	Suffern
Poverty rate	5.5%	4.4%
Average household size	2.78	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1959	1971