Wallkill vs West Hurley

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

Wallkill 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.

Wallkill has the higher population (1,980 vs 1,733 in West Hurley). Wallkill has the higher median household income ($76,908 vs $70,960 in West Hurley). West Hurley has the higher median home value ($369,000 vs $278,300 in Wallkill).

Population, income & housing

	Wallkill	West Hurley
Population	1,980	1,733
Median age	45.6 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$76,908	$70,960
Median home value	$278,300	$369,000
Median gross rent	$1,147	$1,073
Housing units	956	980
Homeownership rate	58.3%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	52.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wallkill	West Hurley
Population	2,017 → 1,980 (-1.8%)	1,920 → 1,733 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$63,738 → $76,908 (+20.7%)	$75,417 → $70,960 (-5.9%)
Median home value	$227,400 → $278,300 (+22.4%)	$234,700 → $369,000 (+57.2%)
Median gross rent	$931 → $1,147 (+23.2%)	$1,141 → $1,073 (-6.0%)

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

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)

	Wallkill	West Hurley
Under 5	2.8%	3.6%
5 to 17	10.5%	11.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.4%
25 to 34	21.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	6.0%	7.8%
45 to 54	13.8%	10.2%
55 to 64	23.9%	20.4%
65 to 74	11.6%	18.6%
75 and over	3.1%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wallkill	West Hurley
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	93.8%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.3%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wallkill	West Hurley
No high school diploma	14.8%	0.6%
High school graduate	28.5%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wallkill	West Hurley
Drove alone	91.2%	80.8%
Carpooled	0.5%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	3.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wallkill	West Hurley
1-unit, detached	60.4%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	22.3%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	3.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Wallkill	West Hurley
Poverty rate	5.1%	6.5%
Average household size	2.10	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1982	1967