Cambridge vs Whitehall

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

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

Whitehall has the higher population (2,693 vs 2,341 in Cambridge). Cambridge has the higher median household income ($73,805 vs $41,625 in Whitehall). Cambridge has the higher median home value ($184,200 vs $100,600 in Whitehall).

Population, income & housing

	Cambridge	Whitehall
Population	2,341	2,693
Median age	50.0 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$73,805	$41,625
Median home value	$184,200	$100,600
Median gross rent	$1,063	$991
Housing units	1,133	1,230
Homeownership rate	78.1%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambridge	Whitehall
Population	1,976 → 2,341 (+18.5%)	2,293 → 2,693 (+17.4%)
Median household income	$51,295 → $73,805 (+43.9%)	$40,325 → $41,625 (+3.2%)
Median home value	$153,600 → $184,200 (+19.9%)	$82,900 → $100,600 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $1,063 (+36.5%)	$803 → $991 (+23.4%)

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

Whitehall

Population

2,2932,693

Median household income

$40,325$41,625

Median home value

$82,900$100,600

Median gross rent

$803$991

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cambridge	Whitehall
Under 5	2.0%	7.1%
5 to 17	20.2%	23.7%
18 to 24	10.7%	7.7%
25 to 34	3.3%	11.1%
35 to 44	8.5%	15.7%
45 to 54	18.3%	8.9%
55 to 64	14.3%	10.7%
65 to 74	12.6%	11.0%
75 and over	10.0%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambridge	Whitehall
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	80.5%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambridge	Whitehall
No high school diploma	6.2%	10.2%
High school graduate	30.0%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambridge	Whitehall
Drove alone	71.3%	80.6%
Carpooled	7.0%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambridge	Whitehall
1-unit, detached	64.8%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	26.2%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.9%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Cambridge	Whitehall
Poverty rate	11.0%	30.5%
Average household size	2.31	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1938	1938