Fallsburg vs Wurtsboro

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

Fallsburg and Wurtsboro 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 1,181 in Wurtsboro). Since 2019, Fallsburg's population has grown faster (+71.3% vs +3.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Fallsburg	Wurtsboro
Population	1,891	1,181
Median age	38.8 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$72,500
Median home value	—	$214,500
Median gross rent	$1,699	$1,266
Housing units	1,196	572
Homeownership rate	14.3%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fallsburg	Wurtsboro
Population	1,104 → 1,891 (+71.3%)	1,140 → 1,181 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$27,216 → $32,679 (+20.1%)	$60,341 → $72,500 (+20.2%)
Median home value	—	$165,600 → $214,500 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,298 → $1,699 (+30.9%)	$1,005 → $1,266 (+26.0%)

Fallsburg

Population

1,1041,891

Median household income

$27,216$32,679

Median gross rent

$1,298$1,699

Wurtsboro

Population

1,1401,181

Median household income

$60,341$72,500

Median home value

$165,600$214,500

Median gross rent

$1,005$1,266

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fallsburg	Wurtsboro
Under 5	0.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	16.6%	17.0%
18 to 24	13.4%	4.6%
25 to 34	10.5%	10.8%
35 to 44	19.9%	15.3%
45 to 54	18.2%	8.5%
55 to 64	13.6%	18.3%
65 to 74	4.8%	10.7%
75 and over	2.1%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fallsburg	Wurtsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	48.1%	83.3%
Black or African American	30.5%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	1.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.9%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fallsburg	Wurtsboro
No high school diploma	39.1%	9.0%
High school graduate	31.0%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	19.0%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fallsburg	Wurtsboro
Drove alone	34.4%	70.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	41.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.0%	14.6%
Other means	0.0%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fallsburg	Wurtsboro
1-unit, detached	53.5%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	32.4%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Fallsburg	Wurtsboro
Poverty rate	84.9%	10.6%
Average household size	7.19	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	8	29
Median year structure built	2002	1972