Saugerties South vs Wallkill

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

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

Saugerties South has the higher population (2,253 vs 1,980 in Wallkill). Saugerties South has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $76,908 in Wallkill). Wallkill has the higher median home value ($278,300 vs $264,000 in Saugerties South).

Population, income & housing

	Saugerties South	Wallkill
Population	2,253	1,980
Median age	41.4 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	$76,908
Median home value	$264,000	$278,300
Median gross rent	$1,423	$1,147
Housing units	969	956
Homeownership rate	64.5%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Saugerties South	Wallkill
Population	1,989 → 2,253 (+13.3%)	2,017 → 1,980 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$63,897 → $81,250 (+27.2%)	$63,738 → $76,908 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$191,700 → $264,000 (+37.7%)	$227,400 → $278,300 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,205 → $1,423 (+18.1%)	$931 → $1,147 (+23.2%)

Saugerties South

Population

1,9892,253

Median household income

$63,897$81,250

Median home value

$191,700$264,000

Median gross rent

$1,205$1,423

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)

	Saugerties South	Wallkill
Under 5	4.8%	2.8%
5 to 17	16.2%	10.5%
18 to 24	3.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	16.9%	21.0%
35 to 44	14.2%	6.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	23.9%
65 to 74	6.4%	11.6%
75 and over	11.9%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Saugerties South	Wallkill
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	87.6%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.5%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Saugerties South	Wallkill
No high school diploma	5.9%	14.8%
High school graduate	23.9%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Saugerties South	Wallkill
Drove alone	76.9%	91.2%
Carpooled	4.2%	0.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.0%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Saugerties South	Wallkill
1-unit, detached	65.9%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	18.6%	22.3%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	8.7%
20 or more units	5.7%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Saugerties South	Wallkill
Poverty rate	8.1%	5.1%
Average household size	2.33	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1966	1982