Kauneonga Lake vs Wurtsboro Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Kauneonga Lake and Wurtsboro Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wurtsboro Hills has the higher population (519 vs 507 in Kauneonga Lake). Since 2019, Wurtsboro Hills's population has grown faster (+61.2% vs +50.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Kauneonga Lake	Wurtsboro Hills
Population	507	519
Median age	35.3 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$170,524	—
Median home value	—	$116,800
Housing units	400	620
Homeownership rate	82.9%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kauneonga Lake	Wurtsboro Hills
Population	338 → 507 (+50.0%)	322 → 519 (+61.2%)
Median household income	—	$56,111 → $53,889 (-4.0%)
Median home value	$129,900 → $122,900 (-5.4%)	$151,100 → $116,800 (-22.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,016 → $1,156 (+13.8%)	$1,660 → $1,653 (-0.4%)

Kauneonga Lake

Population

338507

Median home value

$129,900$122,900

Median gross rent

$1,016$1,156

Wurtsboro Hills

Population

322519

Median household income

$56,111$53,889

Median home value

$151,100$116,800

Median gross rent

$1,660$1,653

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kauneonga Lake	Wurtsboro Hills
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	28.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.6%
25 to 34	15.4%	6.0%
35 to 44	25.4%	27.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	4.6%
55 to 64	22.1%	34.3%
65 to 74	8.3%	12.3%
75 and over	0.2%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kauneonga Lake	Wurtsboro Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	55.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	26.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	17.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kauneonga Lake	Wurtsboro Hills
No high school diploma	0.0%	37.1%
High school graduate	46.7%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kauneonga Lake	Wurtsboro Hills
Drove alone	50.6%	90.3%
Carpooled	24.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.7%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kauneonga Lake	Wurtsboro Hills
1-unit, detached	77.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kauneonga Lake	Wurtsboro Hills
Poverty rate	12.3%	17.3%
Average household size	4.32	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	21	44
Median year structure built	1962	1945