Kerhonkson vs Wallkill

A side-by-side comparison of Kerhonkson and Wallkill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wallkill has the higher population (1,980 vs 1,773 in Kerhonkson). Wallkill has the higher median household income ($76,908 vs $72,411 in Kerhonkson). Wallkill has the higher median home value ($278,300 vs $228,000 in Kerhonkson).

Population, income & housing

	Kerhonkson	Wallkill
Population	1,773	1,980
Median age	30.6 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$72,411	$76,908
Median home value	$228,000	$278,300
Median gross rent	$1,077	$1,147
Housing units	922	956
Homeownership rate	56.6%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kerhonkson	Wallkill
Population	2,057 → 1,773 (-13.8%)	2,017 → 1,980 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$52,679 → $72,411 (+37.5%)	$63,738 → $76,908 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$189,400 → $228,000 (+20.4%)	$227,400 → $278,300 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,077 (+19.7%)	$931 → $1,147 (+23.2%)

Kerhonkson

Population

2,0571,773

Median household income

$52,679$72,411

Median home value

$189,400$228,000

Median gross rent

$900$1,077

Wallkill

Population

2,0171,980

Median household income

$63,738$76,908

Median home value

$227,400$278,300

Median gross rent

$931$1,147

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kerhonkson	Wallkill
Under 5	8.8%	2.8%
5 to 17	17.4%	10.5%
18 to 24	19.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	15.4%	21.0%
35 to 44	4.9%	6.0%
45 to 54	8.9%	13.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	23.9%
65 to 74	8.5%	11.6%
75 and over	3.8%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kerhonkson	Wallkill
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	87.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kerhonkson	Wallkill
No high school diploma	5.8%	14.8%
High school graduate	22.0%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	48.8%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kerhonkson	Wallkill
Drove alone	61.6%	91.2%
Carpooled	8.3%	0.5%
Public transit	6.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	6.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kerhonkson	Wallkill
1-unit, detached	83.1%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	22.3%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Kerhonkson	Wallkill
Poverty rate	16.4%	5.1%
Average household size	2.59	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1955	1982