Rock Hill vs Wurtsboro

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

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

Rock Hill has the higher population (2,530 vs 1,181 in Wurtsboro). Rock Hill has the higher median household income ($105,750 vs $72,500 in Wurtsboro). Rock Hill has the higher median home value ($416,000 vs $214,500 in Wurtsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Rock Hill	Wurtsboro
Population	2,530	1,181
Median age	51.5 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$105,750	$72,500
Median home value	$416,000	$214,500
Median gross rent	$1,466	$1,266
Housing units	1,447	572
Homeownership rate	83.7%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.4%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rock Hill	Wurtsboro
Population	1,516 → 2,530 (+66.9%)	1,140 → 1,181 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$108,558 → $105,750 (-2.6%)	$60,341 → $72,500 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$249,700 → $416,000 (+66.6%)	$165,600 → $214,500 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,613 → $1,466 (-9.1%)	$1,005 → $1,266 (+26.0%)

Rock Hill

Population

1,5162,530

Median household income

$108,558$105,750

Median home value

$249,700$416,000

Median gross rent

$1,613$1,466

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)

	Rock Hill	Wurtsboro
Under 5	5.7%	3.6%
5 to 17	12.1%	17.0%
18 to 24	5.7%	4.6%
25 to 34	6.6%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	15.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	8.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	18.3%
65 to 74	14.4%	10.7%
75 and over	15.8%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rock Hill	Wurtsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	69.2%	83.3%
Black or African American	4.5%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	4.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	20.9%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rock Hill	Wurtsboro
No high school diploma	10.7%	9.0%
High school graduate	20.6%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	17.3%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	22.1%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rock Hill	Wurtsboro
Drove alone	75.0%	70.7%
Carpooled	10.1%	8.7%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	14.6%
Other means	1.6%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rock Hill	Wurtsboro
1-unit, detached	90.9%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Rock Hill	Wurtsboro
Poverty rate	4.2%	10.6%
Average household size	2.71	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1975	1972