Port Ewen vs Saugerties

A side-by-side comparison of Port Ewen and Saugerties: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Saugerties has the higher population (3,877 vs 3,402 in Port Ewen). Port Ewen has the higher median household income ($95,481 vs $45,213 in Saugerties). Saugerties has the higher median home value ($314,500 vs $270,700 in Port Ewen).

Population, income & housing

	Port Ewen	Saugerties
Population	3,402	3,877
Median age	53.5 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$95,481	$45,213
Median home value	$270,700	$314,500
Median gross rent	$1,598	$1,131
Housing units	1,644	2,026
Homeownership rate	89.7%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Ewen	Saugerties
Population	3,315 → 3,402 (+2.6%)	3,847 → 3,877 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$65,652 → $95,481 (+45.4%)	$39,631 → $45,213 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$202,700 → $270,700 (+33.5%)	$233,300 → $314,500 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,143 → $1,598 (+39.8%)	$956 → $1,131 (+18.3%)

Port Ewen

Population

3,3153,402

Median household income

$65,652$95,481

Median home value

$202,700$270,700

Median gross rent

$1,143$1,598

Saugerties

Population

3,8473,877

Median household income

$39,631$45,213

Median home value

$233,300$314,500

Median gross rent

$956$1,131

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Port Ewen	Saugerties
Under 5	2.1%	3.2%
5 to 17	13.2%	15.7%
18 to 24	3.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.4%
35 to 44	8.1%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	8.6%
55 to 64	20.0%	17.5%
65 to 74	16.4%	11.8%
75 and over	11.8%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Ewen	Saugerties
White (non-Hispanic)	68.7%	80.2%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	12.4%	10.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Ewen	Saugerties
No high school diploma	3.7%	12.9%
High school graduate	41.3%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Ewen	Saugerties
Drove alone	77.3%	75.5%
Carpooled	9.9%	8.0%
Public transit	3.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	8.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	7.8%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Ewen	Saugerties
1-unit, detached	58.2%	35.9%
1-unit, attached	12.2%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	29.4%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	15.3%
20 or more units	4.4%	17.6%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Port Ewen	Saugerties
Poverty rate	7.1%	16.4%
Average household size	2.33	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1980	1938