Eastchester vs Peekskill

A side-by-side comparison of Eastchester and Peekskill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Peekskill has the higher population (25,484 vs 20,519 in Eastchester). Eastchester has the higher median household income ($158,526 vs $91,042 in Peekskill). Eastchester has the higher median home value ($774,200 vs $376,800 in Peekskill).

Population, income & housing

	Eastchester	Peekskill
Population	20,519	25,484
Median age	45.8 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$158,526	$91,042
Median home value	$774,200	$376,800
Median gross rent	$2,273	$1,895
Housing units	8,303	11,752
Homeownership rate	79.6%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.9%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastchester	Peekskill
Population	19,990 → 20,519 (+2.6%)	24,075 → 25,484 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$130,926 → $158,526 (+21.1%)	$57,206 → $91,042 (+59.1%)
Median home value	$595,200 → $774,200 (+30.1%)	$294,100 → $376,800 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,889 → $2,273 (+20.3%)	$1,407 → $1,895 (+34.7%)

Eastchester

Population

19,99020,519

Median household income

$130,926$158,526

Median home value

$595,200$774,200

Median gross rent

$1,889$2,273

Peekskill

Population

24,07525,484

Median household income

$57,206$91,042

Median home value

$294,100$376,800

Median gross rent

$1,407$1,895

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastchester	Peekskill
Under 5	5.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	17.2%	12.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.1%
25 to 34	7.6%	14.9%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.9%
45 to 54	14.6%	13.4%
55 to 64	14.2%	17.2%
65 to 74	11.8%	8.8%
75 and over	10.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastchester	Peekskill
White (non-Hispanic)	76.6%	31.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	17.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	11.4%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	46.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastchester	Peekskill
No high school diploma	3.9%	13.6%
High school graduate	12.5%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	14.7%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	37.7%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	31.3%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastchester	Peekskill
Drove alone	55.4%	65.1%
Carpooled	5.3%	11.5%
Public transit	17.9%	10.4%
Walked	2.7%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	7.8%
Other means	1.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastchester	Peekskill
1-unit, detached	51.9%	32.8%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	16.3%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	21.5%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	10.2%
20 or more units	28.4%	18.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Eastchester	Peekskill
Poverty rate	3.6%	10.0%
Average household size	2.60	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	34	40
Median year structure built	1952	1963