Tillson vs Wallkill

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

Tillson 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 1,799 in Tillson). Tillson has the higher median household income ($85,521 vs $76,908 in Wallkill). Tillson has the higher median home value ($279,100 vs $278,300 in Wallkill).

Population, income & housing

	Tillson	Wallkill
Population	1,799	1,980
Median age	54.4 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$85,521	$76,908
Median home value	$279,100	$278,300
Median gross rent	$1,727	$1,147
Housing units	734	956
Homeownership rate	74.5%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tillson	Wallkill
Population	1,657 → 1,799 (+8.6%)	2,017 → 1,980 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$90,750 → $85,521 (-5.8%)	$63,738 → $76,908 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$232,000 → $279,100 (+20.3%)	$227,400 → $278,300 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,444 → $1,727 (+19.6%)	$931 → $1,147 (+23.2%)

Tillson

Population

1,6571,799

Median household income

$90,750$85,521

Median home value

$232,000$279,100

Median gross rent

$1,444$1,727

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)

	Tillson	Wallkill
Under 5	4.2%	2.8%
5 to 17	12.7%	10.5%
18 to 24	0.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.6%	21.0%
35 to 44	8.0%	6.0%
45 to 54	15.5%	13.8%
55 to 64	10.5%	23.9%
65 to 74	32.1%	11.6%
75 and over	3.6%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tillson	Wallkill
White (non-Hispanic)	60.3%	87.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	24.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	15.0%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tillson	Wallkill
No high school diploma	5.7%	14.8%
High school graduate	26.4%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tillson	Wallkill
Drove alone	88.4%	91.2%
Carpooled	1.0%	0.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tillson	Wallkill
1-unit, detached	79.6%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	22.3%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Tillson	Wallkill
Poverty rate	12.2%	5.1%
Average household size	2.58	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1964	1982