Greenwich vs Whitehall

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

Greenwich 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 1,606 in Greenwich). Greenwich has the higher median household income ($78,398 vs $41,625 in Whitehall). Greenwich has the higher median home value ($194,500 vs $100,600 in Whitehall).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwich	Whitehall
Population	1,606	2,693
Median age	41.7 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,398	$41,625
Median home value	$194,500	$100,600
Median gross rent	$1,188	$991
Housing units	918	1,230
Homeownership rate	59.2%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.8%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwich	Whitehall
Population	2,149 → 1,606 (-25.3%)	2,293 → 2,693 (+17.4%)
Median household income	$65,875 → $78,398 (+19.0%)	$40,325 → $41,625 (+3.2%)
Median home value	$171,400 → $194,500 (+13.5%)	$82,900 → $100,600 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $1,188 (+33.5%)	$803 → $991 (+23.4%)

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

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)

	Greenwich	Whitehall
Under 5	3.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	15.2%	23.7%
18 to 24	5.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	17.1%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	8.9%
55 to 64	16.6%	10.7%
65 to 74	9.2%	11.0%
75 and over	8.4%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwich	Whitehall
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	80.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwich	Whitehall
No high school diploma	3.9%	10.2%
High school graduate	27.6%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwich	Whitehall
Drove alone	80.4%	80.6%
Carpooled	0.2%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	1.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwich	Whitehall
1-unit, detached	59.0%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	34.0%	26.2%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Greenwich	Whitehall
Poverty rate	6.2%	30.5%
Average household size	2.10	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1938	1938