Walker Valley vs West Hurley

A side-by-side comparison of Walker Valley and West Hurley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Hurley has the higher population (1,733 vs 1,695 in Walker Valley). Walker Valley has the higher median household income ($96,429 vs $70,960 in West Hurley). West Hurley has the higher median home value ($369,000 vs $355,100 in Walker Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Walker Valley	West Hurley
Population	1,695	1,733
Median age	33.6 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$96,429	$70,960
Median home value	$355,100	$369,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,073
Housing units	528	980
Homeownership rate	83.5%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	52.3%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Walker Valley	West Hurley
Population	1,275 → 1,695 (+32.9%)	1,920 → 1,733 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$142,560 → $96,429 (-32.4%)	$75,417 → $70,960 (-5.9%)
Median home value	$261,600 → $355,100 (+35.7%)	$234,700 → $369,000 (+57.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,141 → $1,073 (-6.0%)

Walker Valley

Population

1,2751,695

Median household income

$142,560$96,429

Median home value

$261,600$355,100

West Hurley

Population

1,9201,733

Median household income

$75,417$70,960

Median home value

$234,700$369,000

Median gross rent

$1,141$1,073

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Walker Valley	West Hurley
Under 5	5.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	19.2%	11.0%
18 to 24	9.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	18.3%	10.7%
35 to 44	9.6%	7.8%
45 to 54	6.3%	10.2%
55 to 64	21.0%	20.4%
65 to 74	8.9%	18.6%
75 and over	2.4%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Walker Valley	West Hurley
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	93.8%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	17.4%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Walker Valley	West Hurley
No high school diploma	4.7%	0.6%
High school graduate	21.3%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	46.5%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Walker Valley	West Hurley
Drove alone	79.4%	80.8%
Carpooled	5.9%	3.0%
Public transit	1.5%	3.9%
Walked	0.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	11.0%
Other means	5.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Walker Valley	West Hurley
1-unit, detached	89.6%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Walker Valley	West Hurley
Poverty rate	12.2%	6.5%
Average household size	3.17	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	34	25
Median year structure built	1971	1967