Fallsburg vs Loch Sheldrake

A side-by-side comparison of Fallsburg and Loch Sheldrake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fallsburg has the higher population (1,891 vs 1,428 in Loch Sheldrake). Since 2019, Fallsburg's population has grown faster (+71.3% vs +12.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Fallsburg	Loch Sheldrake
Population	1,891	1,428
Median age	38.8 yrs	19.3 yrs
Median gross rent	$1,699	$1,184
Housing units	1,196	666
Homeownership rate	14.3%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fallsburg	Loch Sheldrake
Population	1,104 → 1,891 (+71.3%)	1,273 → 1,428 (+12.2%)
Median household income	$27,216 → $32,679 (+20.1%)	$32,067 → $38,207 (+19.1%)
Median home value	—	$107,100 → $105,500 (-1.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,298 → $1,699 (+30.9%)	$776 → $1,184 (+52.6%)

Fallsburg

Population

1,1041,891

Median household income

$27,216$32,679

Median gross rent

$1,298$1,699

Loch Sheldrake

Population

1,2731,428

Median household income

$32,067$38,207

Median home value

$107,100$105,500

Median gross rent

$776$1,184

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fallsburg	Loch Sheldrake
Under 5	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.6%	38.8%
18 to 24	13.4%	34.2%
25 to 34	10.5%	5.3%
35 to 44	19.9%	6.5%
45 to 54	18.2%	4.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	3.3%
65 to 74	4.8%	6.7%
75 and over	2.1%	0.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fallsburg	Loch Sheldrake
White (non-Hispanic)	48.1%	24.3%
Black or African American	30.5%	49.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	16.9%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fallsburg	Loch Sheldrake
No high school diploma	39.1%	19.9%
High school graduate	31.0%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	19.0%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fallsburg	Loch Sheldrake
Drove alone	34.4%	20.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	44.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	41.6%	11.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.0%	23.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fallsburg	Loch Sheldrake
1-unit, detached	53.5%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	32.4%	13.8%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Fallsburg	Loch Sheldrake
Poverty rate	84.9%	49.0%
Average household size	7.19	5.17
Mean commute (minutes)	8	—
Median year structure built	2002	1983