Gardiner vs Rifton

A side-by-side comparison of Gardiner and Rifton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gardiner has the higher population (616 vs 462 in Rifton). Gardiner has the higher median household income ($109,583 vs $2,499 in Rifton). Gardiner has the higher median home value ($356,300 vs $232,500 in Rifton).

Population, income & housing

	Gardiner	Rifton
Population	616	462
Median age	41.4 yrs	58.7 yrs
Median household income	$109,583	$2,499
Median home value	$356,300	$232,500
Median gross rent	$1,694	—
Housing units	201	430
Homeownership rate	43.0%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardiner	Rifton
Population	643 → 616 (-4.2%)	224 → 462 (+106.3%)
Median household income	$76,583 → $109,583 (+43.1%)	$107,804 → $2,499 (-97.7%)
Median home value	$226,600 → $356,300 (+57.2%)	$363,400 → $232,500 (-36.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,110 → $1,694 (+52.6%)	—

Gardiner

Population

643616

Median household income

$76,583$109,583

Median home value

$226,600$356,300

Median gross rent

$1,110$1,694

Rifton

Population

224462

Median household income

$107,804$2,499

Median home value

$363,400$232,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gardiner	Rifton
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	36.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	1.5%	3.2%
35 to 44	8.1%	5.0%
45 to 54	34.4%	9.5%
55 to 64	8.3%	44.6%
65 to 74	2.4%	34.2%
75 and over	2.3%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardiner	Rifton
White (non-Hispanic)	30.7%	76.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	59.1%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardiner	Rifton
No high school diploma	2.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	25.1%	16.2%
Some college or associate's	57.0%	56.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardiner	Rifton
Drove alone	71.4%	74.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	23.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	25.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardiner	Rifton
1-unit, detached	85.6%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	16.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gardiner	Rifton
Poverty rate	3.6%	44.6%
Average household size	3.31	1.19
Mean commute (minutes)	34	—
Median year structure built	1964	1938