Buchanan vs Yorktown Heights

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

Buchanan and Yorktown Heights 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 2,038 in Yorktown Heights). Yorktown Heights has the higher median household income ($138,750 vs $127,375 in Buchanan). Yorktown Heights has the higher median home value ($600,800 vs $492,000 in Buchanan).

Population, income & housing

	Buchanan	Yorktown Heights
Population	2,296	2,038
Median age	40.9 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$127,375	$138,750
Median home value	$492,000	$600,800
Median gross rent	$1,670	—
Housing units	849	718
Homeownership rate	87.5%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.8%	57.1%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buchanan	Yorktown Heights
Population	2,140 → 2,296 (+7.3%)	1,393 → 2,038 (+46.3%)
Median household income	$109,375 → $127,375 (+16.5%)	$52,301 → $138,750 (+165.3%)
Median home value	$371,900 → $492,000 (+32.3%)	$406,500 → $600,800 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,497 → $1,670 (+11.6%)	—

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

Yorktown Heights

Population

1,3932,038

Median household income

$52,301$138,750

Median home value

$406,500$600,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buchanan	Yorktown Heights
Under 5	4.8%	2.5%
5 to 17	17.6%	20.3%
18 to 24	9.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.7%
55 to 64	14.4%	17.1%
65 to 74	8.0%	17.8%
75 and over	10.5%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buchanan	Yorktown Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	57.9%	65.8%
Black or African American	7.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	21.8%	33.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buchanan	Yorktown Heights
No high school diploma	4.6%	8.1%
High school graduate	25.9%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buchanan	Yorktown Heights
Drove alone	77.3%	57.6%
Carpooled	5.7%	10.5%
Public transit	4.9%	8.6%
Walked	0.0%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	17.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buchanan	Yorktown Heights
1-unit, detached	84.0%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	9.7%
20 or more units	2.6%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buchanan	Yorktown Heights
Poverty rate	3.7%	13.3%
Average household size	2.79	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	35	36
Median year structure built	1959	1953