Buchanan vs Katonah

A side-by-side comparison of Buchanan and Katonah: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Buchanan has the higher population (2,296 vs 2,016 in Katonah). Katonah has the higher median household income ($201,806 vs $127,375 in Buchanan). Katonah has the higher median home value ($710,700 vs $492,000 in Buchanan).

Population, income & housing

	Buchanan	Katonah
Population	2,296	2,016
Median age	40.9 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$127,375	$201,806
Median home value	$492,000	$710,700
Median gross rent	$1,670	$3,501
Housing units	849	698
Homeownership rate	87.5%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.8%	73.5%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buchanan	Katonah
Population	2,140 → 2,296 (+7.3%)	1,761 → 2,016 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$109,375 → $127,375 (+16.5%)	$173,942 → $201,806 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$371,900 → $492,000 (+32.3%)	$731,900 → $710,700 (-2.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,497 → $1,670 (+11.6%)	$1,992 → $3,501 (+75.8%)

Buchanan

Population

2,1402,296

Median household income

$109,375$127,375

Median home value

$371,900$492,000

Median gross rent

$1,497$1,670

Katonah

Population

1,7612,016

Median household income

$173,942$201,806

Median home value

$731,900$710,700

Median gross rent

$1,992$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buchanan	Katonah
Under 5	4.8%	12.1%
5 to 17	17.6%	22.0%
18 to 24	9.8%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.0%	8.8%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	14.4%	14.1%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.1%
75 and over	10.5%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buchanan	Katonah
White (non-Hispanic)	57.9%	70.1%
Black or African American	7.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	21.8%	22.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buchanan	Katonah
No high school diploma	4.6%	1.4%
High school graduate	25.9%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	42.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	31.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buchanan	Katonah
Drove alone	77.3%	54.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	6.8%
Public transit	4.9%	5.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	26.0%
Other means	1.4%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buchanan	Katonah
1-unit, detached	84.0%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	2.4%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buchanan	Katonah
Poverty rate	3.7%	13.5%
Average household size	2.79	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	35	32
Median year structure built	1959	1946