Narrowsburg vs Wurtsboro Hills

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

Narrowsburg 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 480 in Narrowsburg). Narrowsburg has the higher median home value ($223,800 vs $116,800 in Wurtsboro Hills). Since 2019, Narrowsburg's population has grown faster (+78.4% vs +61.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Narrowsburg	Wurtsboro Hills
Population	480	519
Median age	45.6 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,542	—
Median home value	$223,800	$116,800
Median gross rent	$749	—
Housing units	315	620
Homeownership rate	74.2%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.8%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	15.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Narrowsburg	Wurtsboro Hills
Population	269 → 480 (+78.4%)	322 → 519 (+61.2%)
Median household income	$40,417 → $53,542 (+32.5%)	$56,111 → $53,889 (-4.0%)
Median home value	$175,000 → $223,800 (+27.9%)	$151,100 → $116,800 (-22.7%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $749 (+4.9%)	$1,660 → $1,653 (-0.4%)

Narrowsburg

Population

269480

Median household income

$40,417$53,542

Median home value

$175,000$223,800

Median gross rent

$714$749

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)

	Narrowsburg	Wurtsboro Hills
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	14.2%	9.6%
25 to 34	18.3%	6.0%
35 to 44	5.2%	27.7%
45 to 54	20.4%	4.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	34.3%
65 to 74	10.8%	12.3%
75 and over	11.0%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Narrowsburg	Wurtsboro Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	65.2%	55.7%
Black or African American	34.4%	26.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	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+

	Narrowsburg	Wurtsboro Hills
No high school diploma	2.9%	37.1%
High school graduate	9.0%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	54.1%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Narrowsburg	Wurtsboro Hills
Drove alone	49.1%	90.3%
Carpooled	1.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	45.4%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Narrowsburg	Wurtsboro Hills
1-unit, detached	86.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Narrowsburg	Wurtsboro Hills
Poverty rate	1.5%	17.3%
Average household size	2.06	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	29	44
Median year structure built	1954	1945