Roscoe vs Wurtsboro Hills

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

Roscoe 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.

Roscoe has the higher population (558 vs 519 in Wurtsboro Hills). Roscoe has the higher median home value ($202,600 vs $116,800 in Wurtsboro Hills). Since 2019, Wurtsboro Hills's population has grown faster (+61.2% vs +7.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Roscoe	Wurtsboro Hills
Population	558	519
Median age	57.6 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,885	—
Median home value	$202,600	$116,800
Median gross rent	$1,178	—
Housing units	387	620
Homeownership rate	75.9%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.3%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roscoe	Wurtsboro Hills
Population	520 → 558 (+7.3%)	322 → 519 (+61.2%)
Median household income	$53,618 → $72,885 (+35.9%)	$56,111 → $53,889 (-4.0%)
Median home value	$151,300 → $202,600 (+33.9%)	$151,100 → $116,800 (-22.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,660 → $1,653 (-0.4%)

Roscoe

Population

520558

Median household income

$53,618$72,885

Median home value

$151,300$202,600

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)

	Roscoe	Wurtsboro Hills
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	3.4%	9.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.0%
35 to 44	10.6%	27.7%
45 to 54	19.0%	4.6%
55 to 64	31.7%	34.3%
65 to 74	22.9%	12.3%
75 and over	6.8%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roscoe	Wurtsboro Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	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	2.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	17.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roscoe	Wurtsboro Hills
No high school diploma	14.6%	37.1%
High school graduate	26.0%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roscoe	Wurtsboro Hills
Drove alone	83.2%	90.3%
Carpooled	5.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roscoe	Wurtsboro Hills
1-unit, detached	78.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Roscoe	Wurtsboro Hills
Poverty rate	14.7%	17.3%
Average household size	2.43	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	14	44
Median year structure built	1938	1945