Calverton vs Wheatley Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Calverton and Wheatley Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Calverton has the higher population (5,629 vs 5,266 in Wheatley Heights). Wheatley Heights has the higher median household income ($127,589 vs $56,375 in Calverton). Wheatley Heights has the higher median home value ($500,900 vs $229,400 in Calverton).

Population, income & housing

	Calverton	Wheatley Heights
Population	5,629	5,266
Median age	60.5 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,375	$127,589
Median home value	$229,400	$500,900
Median gross rent	$1,843	$1,836
Housing units	3,195	1,536
Homeownership rate	82.5%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	34.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calverton	Wheatley Heights
Population	6,987 → 5,629 (-19.4%)	4,942 → 5,266 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$55,026 → $56,375 (+2.5%)	$116,750 → $127,589 (+9.3%)
Median home value	$222,300 → $229,400 (+3.2%)	$392,300 → $500,900 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,141 → $1,843 (-13.9%)	$1,257 → $1,836 (+46.1%)

Calverton

Population

6,9875,629

Median household income

$55,026$56,375

Median home value

$222,300$229,400

Median gross rent

$2,141$1,843

Wheatley Heights

Population

4,9425,266

Median household income

$116,750$127,589

Median home value

$392,300$500,900

Median gross rent

$1,257$1,836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calverton	Wheatley Heights
Under 5	2.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	8.6%	19.2%
18 to 24	4.2%	6.8%
25 to 34	6.3%	14.1%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	6.9%	14.3%
55 to 64	15.8%	14.0%
65 to 74	20.3%	7.3%
75 and over	21.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calverton	Wheatley Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	16.7%
Black or African American	7.7%	50.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	1.0%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calverton	Wheatley Heights
No high school diploma	8.6%	16.4%
High school graduate	42.0%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calverton	Wheatley Heights
Drove alone	80.5%	53.2%
Carpooled	6.1%	10.2%
Public transit	1.0%	15.9%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	14.0%
Other means	0.0%	6.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calverton	Wheatley Heights
1-unit, detached	40.8%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	51.8%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Calverton	Wheatley Heights
Poverty rate	17.0%	5.2%
Average household size	1.98	3.47
Mean commute (minutes)	26	36
Median year structure built	1984	1970