Buchanan vs Shrub Oak

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

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

Shrub Oak has the higher population (2,770 vs 2,296 in Buchanan). Shrub Oak has the higher median household income ($170,225 vs $127,375 in Buchanan). Shrub Oak has the higher median home value ($498,800 vs $492,000 in Buchanan).

Population, income & housing

	Buchanan	Shrub Oak
Population	2,296	2,770
Median age	40.9 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$127,375	$170,225
Median home value	$492,000	$498,800
Median gross rent	$1,670	$1,298
Housing units	849	1,083
Homeownership rate	87.5%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.8%	53.0%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buchanan	Shrub Oak
Population	2,140 → 2,296 (+7.3%)	2,861 → 2,770 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$109,375 → $127,375 (+16.5%)	$112,083 → $170,225 (+51.9%)
Median home value	$371,900 → $492,000 (+32.3%)	$347,800 → $498,800 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,497 → $1,670 (+11.6%)	$1,799 → $1,298 (-27.8%)

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

Shrub Oak

Population

2,8612,770

Median household income

$112,083$170,225

Median home value

$347,800$498,800

Median gross rent

$1,799$1,298

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buchanan	Shrub Oak
Under 5	4.8%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.6%	13.5%
18 to 24	9.8%	12.9%
25 to 34	10.0%	8.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	16.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	8.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	17.7%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.0%
75 and over	10.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buchanan	Shrub Oak
White (non-Hispanic)	57.9%	74.9%
Black or African American	7.5%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	8.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	21.8%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buchanan	Shrub Oak
No high school diploma	4.6%	12.5%
High school graduate	25.9%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	16.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buchanan	Shrub Oak
Drove alone	77.3%	77.7%
Carpooled	5.7%	7.2%
Public transit	4.9%	1.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	12.3%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buchanan	Shrub Oak
1-unit, detached	84.0%	52.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	15.1%
20 or more units	2.6%	22.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buchanan	Shrub Oak
Poverty rate	3.7%	0.7%
Average household size	2.79	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	35	33
Median year structure built	1959	1966