Buchanan vs Valhalla

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

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

Valhalla has the higher population (2,978 vs 2,296 in Buchanan). Buchanan has the higher median household income ($127,375 vs $125,135 in Valhalla). Valhalla has the higher median home value ($696,200 vs $492,000 in Buchanan).

Population, income & housing

	Buchanan	Valhalla
Population	2,296	2,978
Median age	40.9 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$127,375	$125,135
Median home value	$492,000	$696,200
Median gross rent	$1,670	$2,534
Housing units	849	1,172
Homeownership rate	87.5%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.8%	44.6%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buchanan	Valhalla
Population	2,140 → 2,296 (+7.3%)	3,536 → 2,978 (-15.8%)
Median household income	$109,375 → $127,375 (+16.5%)	$110,385 → $125,135 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$371,900 → $492,000 (+32.3%)	$566,000 → $696,200 (+23.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,497 → $1,670 (+11.6%)	$2,244 → $2,534 (+12.9%)

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

Valhalla

Population

3,5362,978

Median household income

$110,385$125,135

Median home value

$566,000$696,200

Median gross rent

$2,244$2,534

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buchanan	Valhalla
Under 5	4.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.6%	13.6%
18 to 24	9.8%	8.0%
25 to 34	10.0%	13.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	6.7%
55 to 64	14.4%	19.1%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.8%
75 and over	10.5%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buchanan	Valhalla
White (non-Hispanic)	57.9%	71.9%
Black or African American	7.5%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	21.8%	19.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buchanan	Valhalla
No high school diploma	4.6%	9.3%
High school graduate	25.9%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buchanan	Valhalla
Drove alone	77.3%	60.1%
Carpooled	5.7%	4.7%
Public transit	4.9%	4.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	21.4%
Other means	1.4%	7.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buchanan	Valhalla
1-unit, detached	84.0%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	2.6%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buchanan	Valhalla
Poverty rate	3.7%	7.1%
Average household size	2.79	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	35	23
Median year structure built	1959	1956