Rosendale vs Zena

A side-by-side comparison of Rosendale and Zena: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Zena has the higher population (972 vs 898 in Rosendale). Zena has the higher median household income ($109,479 vs $61,375 in Rosendale). Zena has the higher median home value ($427,400 vs $250,300 in Rosendale).

Population, income & housing

	Rosendale	Zena
Population	898	972
Median age	59.9 yrs	58.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,375	$109,479
Median home value	$250,300	$427,400
Median gross rent	$1,009	—
Housing units	529	490
Homeownership rate	61.0%	93.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	64.6%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rosendale	Zena
Population	1,092 → 898 (-17.8%)	942 → 972 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$53,182 → $61,375 (+15.4%)	$100,625 → $109,479 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$225,400 → $250,300 (+11.0%)	$269,800 → $427,400 (+58.4%)
Median gross rent	$980 → $1,009 (+3.0%)	—

Rosendale

Population

1,092898

Median household income

$53,182$61,375

Median home value

$225,400$250,300

Median gross rent

$980$1,009

Zena

Population

942972

Median household income

$100,625$109,479

Median home value

$269,800$427,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rosendale	Zena
Under 5	0.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	12.7%	6.8%
18 to 24	0.9%	5.1%
25 to 34	5.6%	3.5%
35 to 44	17.8%	11.5%
45 to 54	4.9%	7.6%
55 to 64	21.7%	27.5%
65 to 74	25.5%	26.4%
75 and over	10.0%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rosendale	Zena
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	82.0%
Black or African American	5.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	7.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rosendale	Zena
No high school diploma	9.6%	6.7%
High school graduate	22.0%	9.5%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	34.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rosendale	Zena
Drove alone	68.3%	71.9%
Carpooled	7.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	5.8%
Walked	8.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	17.8%
Other means	0.0%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rosendale	Zena
1-unit, detached	51.2%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	27.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rosendale	Zena
Poverty rate	11.8%	14.9%
Average household size	1.84	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	22	34
Median year structure built	1962	1965