Cambridge vs Greenwich

A side-by-side comparison of Cambridge and Greenwich: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cambridge has the higher population (2,341 vs 1,606 in Greenwich). Greenwich has the higher median household income ($78,398 vs $73,805 in Cambridge). Greenwich has the higher median home value ($194,500 vs $184,200 in Cambridge).

Population, income & housing

	Cambridge	Greenwich
Population	2,341	1,606
Median age	50.0 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$73,805	$78,398
Median home value	$184,200	$194,500
Median gross rent	$1,063	$1,188
Housing units	1,133	918
Homeownership rate	78.1%	59.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambridge	Greenwich
Population	1,976 → 2,341 (+18.5%)	2,149 → 1,606 (-25.3%)
Median household income	$51,295 → $73,805 (+43.9%)	$65,875 → $78,398 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$153,600 → $184,200 (+19.9%)	$171,400 → $194,500 (+13.5%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $1,063 (+36.5%)	$890 → $1,188 (+33.5%)

Cambridge

Population

1,9762,341

Median household income

$51,295$73,805

Median home value

$153,600$184,200

Median gross rent

$779$1,063

Greenwich

Population

2,1491,606

Median household income

$65,875$78,398

Median home value

$171,400$194,500

Median gross rent

$890$1,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cambridge	Greenwich
Under 5	2.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	20.2%	15.2%
18 to 24	10.7%	5.9%
25 to 34	3.3%	17.1%
35 to 44	8.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	18.3%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	16.6%
65 to 74	12.6%	9.2%
75 and over	10.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambridge	Greenwich
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	96.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambridge	Greenwich
No high school diploma	6.2%	3.9%
High school graduate	30.0%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambridge	Greenwich
Drove alone	71.3%	80.4%
Carpooled	7.0%	0.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambridge	Greenwich
1-unit, detached	64.8%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	34.0%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	1.1%
20 or more units	7.9%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cambridge	Greenwich
Poverty rate	11.0%	6.2%
Average household size	2.31	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1938	1938