Esperance vs Schoharie

A side-by-side comparison of Esperance and Schoharie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Schoharie has the higher population (1,078 vs 238 in Esperance). Esperance has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $53,008 in Schoharie). Schoharie has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $170,700 in Esperance).

Population, income & housing

	Esperance	Schoharie
Population	238	1,078
Median age	48.2 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$53,008
Median home value	$170,700	$187,500
Median gross rent	$1,100	$897
Housing units	153	473
Homeownership rate	79.7%	52.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Esperance	Schoharie
Population	376 → 238 (-36.7%)	879 → 1,078 (+22.6%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $68,750 (+22.2%)	$54,545 → $53,008 (-2.8%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $170,700 (+36.6%)	$142,800 → $187,500 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,167 → $1,100 (-5.7%)	$788 → $897 (+13.8%)

Esperance

Population

376238

Median household income

$56,250$68,750

Median home value

$125,000$170,700

Median gross rent

$1,167$1,100

Schoharie

Population

8791,078

Median household income

$54,545$53,008

Median home value

$142,800$187,500

Median gross rent

$788$897

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Esperance	Schoharie
Under 5	3.4%	7.6%
5 to 17	6.7%	15.9%
18 to 24	5.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	21.4%	20.8%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.8%
45 to 54	9.2%	4.3%
55 to 64	22.7%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	12.0%
75 and over	10.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Esperance	Schoharie
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	74.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.5%	12.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Esperance	Schoharie
No high school diploma	7.0%	11.2%
High school graduate	34.0%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Esperance	Schoharie
Drove alone	78.8%	85.7%
Carpooled	5.1%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	5.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	6.3%
Other means	1.5%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Esperance	Schoharie
1-unit, detached	69.3%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	23.5%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Esperance	Schoharie
Poverty rate	6.7%	11.7%
Average household size	2.02	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1938	1949