Chappaqua vs Shrub Oak

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

Chappaqua 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.

Chappaqua has the higher population (3,040 vs 2,770 in Shrub Oak). Chappaqua has the higher median household income ($220,139 vs $170,225 in Shrub Oak). Chappaqua has the higher median home value ($740,300 vs $498,800 in Shrub Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Chappaqua	Shrub Oak
Population	3,040	2,770
Median age	45.8 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$220,139	$170,225
Median home value	$740,300	$498,800
Median gross rent	$2,500	$1,298
Housing units	1,244	1,083
Homeownership rate	76.6%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	81.4%	53.0%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chappaqua	Shrub Oak
Population	1,434 → 3,040 (+112.0%)	2,861 → 2,770 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$250,001 → $220,139 (-11.9%)	$112,083 → $170,225 (+51.9%)
Median home value	$696,600 → $740,300 (+6.3%)	$347,800 → $498,800 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,737 → $2,500 (-8.7%)	$1,799 → $1,298 (-27.8%)

Chappaqua

Population

1,4343,040

Median household income

$250,001$220,139

Median home value

$696,600$740,300

Median gross rent

$2,737$2,500

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)

	Chappaqua	Shrub Oak
Under 5	4.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	14.0%	13.5%
18 to 24	5.1%	12.9%
25 to 34	12.3%	8.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	16.4%
45 to 54	14.8%	8.0%
55 to 64	14.5%	17.7%
65 to 74	12.4%	9.0%
75 and over	10.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chappaqua	Shrub Oak
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	74.9%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.6%	8.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chappaqua	Shrub Oak
No high school diploma	1.5%	12.5%
High school graduate	2.6%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	14.6%	16.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	51.6%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chappaqua	Shrub Oak
Drove alone	53.3%	77.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.2%
Public transit	20.4%	1.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.4%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chappaqua	Shrub Oak
1-unit, detached	67.0%	52.4%
1-unit, attached	15.3%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	15.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	22.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chappaqua	Shrub Oak
Poverty rate	1.5%	0.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	41	33
Median year structure built	1956	1966