Narrowsburg vs Roscoe

A side-by-side comparison of Narrowsburg and Roscoe: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Roscoe has the higher population (558 vs 480 in Narrowsburg). Roscoe has the higher median household income ($72,885 vs $53,542 in Narrowsburg). Narrowsburg has the higher median home value ($223,800 vs $202,600 in Roscoe).

Population, income & housing

	Narrowsburg	Roscoe
Population	480	558
Median age	45.6 yrs	57.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,542	$72,885
Median home value	$223,800	$202,600
Median gross rent	$749	$1,178
Housing units	315	387
Homeownership rate	74.2%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.8%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	15.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Narrowsburg	Roscoe
Population	269 → 480 (+78.4%)	520 → 558 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$40,417 → $53,542 (+32.5%)	$53,618 → $72,885 (+35.9%)
Median home value	$175,000 → $223,800 (+27.9%)	$151,300 → $202,600 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $749 (+4.9%)	—

Narrowsburg

Population

269480

Median household income

$40,417$53,542

Median home value

$175,000$223,800

Median gross rent

$714$749

Roscoe

Population

520558

Median household income

$53,618$72,885

Median home value

$151,300$202,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Narrowsburg	Roscoe
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.3%	5.6%
18 to 24	14.2%	3.4%
25 to 34	18.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.2%	10.6%
45 to 54	20.4%	19.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	31.7%
65 to 74	10.8%	22.9%
75 and over	11.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Narrowsburg	Roscoe
White (non-Hispanic)	65.2%	93.9%
Black or African American	34.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Narrowsburg	Roscoe
No high school diploma	2.9%	14.6%
High school graduate	9.0%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	54.1%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Narrowsburg	Roscoe
Drove alone	49.1%	83.2%
Carpooled	1.5%	5.4%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	45.4%	11.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Narrowsburg	Roscoe
1-unit, detached	86.0%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Narrowsburg	Roscoe
Poverty rate	1.5%	14.7%
Average household size	2.06	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	29	14
Median year structure built	1954	1938