Chestertown vs North Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Chestertown and North Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chestertown has the higher population (529 vs 457 in North Creek). Chestertown has the higher median household income ($64,438 vs $54,856 in North Creek). Chestertown has the higher median home value ($200,000 vs $198,300 in North Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Chestertown	North Creek
Population	529	457
Median age	39.8 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,438	$54,856
Median home value	$200,000	$198,300
Median gross rent	$639	—
Housing units	294	354
Homeownership rate	68.5%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	18.2%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chestertown	North Creek
Population	430 → 529 (+23.0%)	698 → 457 (-34.5%)
Median household income	$52,917 → $64,438 (+21.8%)	$51,379 → $54,856 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$164,900 → $200,000 (+21.3%)	$171,000 → $198,300 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $639 (-16.0%)	$722 → $850 (+17.7%)

Chestertown

Population

430529

Median household income

$52,917$64,438

Median home value

$164,900$200,000

Median gross rent

$761$639

North Creek

Population

698457

Median household income

$51,379$54,856

Median home value

$171,000$198,300

Median gross rent

$722$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chestertown	North Creek
Under 5	3.2%	1.3%
5 to 17	3.8%	4.6%
18 to 24	24.0%	12.0%
25 to 34	16.8%	3.7%
35 to 44	8.7%	4.4%
45 to 54	18.9%	14.9%
55 to 64	13.6%	18.8%
65 to 74	5.9%	23.2%
75 and over	5.1%	17.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chestertown	North Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chestertown	North Creek
No high school diploma	14.2%	14.9%
High school graduate	40.0%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chestertown	North Creek
Drove alone	60.0%	83.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.5%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	10.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chestertown	North Creek
1-unit, detached	68.0%	54.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	19.2%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Chestertown	North Creek
Poverty rate	9.3%	20.5%
Average household size	2.46	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1971	1981