Sparkill vs Upper Nyack

A side-by-side comparison of Sparkill and Upper Nyack: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Upper Nyack has the higher population (2,072 vs 1,376 in Sparkill). Sparkill has the higher median household income ($212,083 vs $181,364 in Upper Nyack). Upper Nyack has the higher median home value ($681,000 vs $677,200 in Sparkill).

Population, income & housing

	Sparkill	Upper Nyack
Population	1,376	2,072
Median age	41.3 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$212,083	$181,364
Median home value	$677,200	$681,000
Median gross rent	—	$2,262
Housing units	493	774
Homeownership rate	91.3%	96.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.3%	71.1%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sparkill	Upper Nyack
Population	1,586 → 1,376 (-13.2%)	2,262 → 2,072 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$119,313 → $212,083 (+77.8%)	$152,386 → $181,364 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$443,900 → $677,200 (+52.6%)	$558,000 → $681,000 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,921 → $2,262 (+17.8%)

Sparkill

Population

1,5861,376

Median household income

$119,313$212,083

Median home value

$443,900$677,200

Upper Nyack

Population

2,2622,072

Median household income

$152,386$181,364

Median home value

$558,000$681,000

Median gross rent

$1,921$2,262

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sparkill	Upper Nyack
Under 5	4.5%	3.5%
5 to 17	22.0%	20.3%
18 to 24	3.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	8.0%	3.8%
35 to 44	19.5%	9.6%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.6%
55 to 64	20.2%	18.7%
65 to 74	4.2%	13.3%
75 and over	4.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sparkill	Upper Nyack
White (non-Hispanic)	68.2%	70.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.5%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	11.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sparkill	Upper Nyack
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.3%
High school graduate	16.5%	9.2%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	47.0%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	40.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sparkill	Upper Nyack
Drove alone	68.4%	59.4%
Carpooled	3.0%	1.0%
Public transit	2.4%	5.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	26.2%	31.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sparkill	Upper Nyack
1-unit, detached	90.1%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Sparkill	Upper Nyack
Poverty rate	0.0%	10.6%
Average household size	3.15	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	28	41
Median year structure built	1962	1957