Eastchester vs Port Chester

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

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

Port Chester has the higher population (31,162 vs 20,519 in Eastchester). Eastchester has the higher median household income ($158,526 vs $99,916 in Port Chester). Eastchester has the higher median home value ($774,200 vs $563,900 in Port Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Eastchester	Port Chester
Population	20,519	31,162
Median age	45.8 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$158,526	$99,916
Median home value	$774,200	$563,900
Median gross rent	$2,273	$1,922
Housing units	8,303	10,905
Homeownership rate	79.6%	46.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.9%	34.5%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastchester	Port Chester
Population	19,990 → 20,519 (+2.6%)	29,342 → 31,162 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$130,926 → $158,526 (+21.1%)	$74,920 → $99,916 (+33.4%)
Median home value	$595,200 → $774,200 (+30.1%)	$446,900 → $563,900 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,889 → $2,273 (+20.3%)	$1,598 → $1,922 (+20.3%)

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

Port Chester

Population

29,34231,162

Median household income

$74,920$99,916

Median home value

$446,900$563,900

Median gross rent

$1,598$1,922

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastchester	Port Chester
Under 5	5.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.2%	12.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.2%
25 to 34	7.6%	14.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	16.2%
45 to 54	14.6%	14.6%
55 to 64	14.2%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.8%	7.6%
75 and over	10.2%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastchester	Port Chester
White (non-Hispanic)	76.6%	28.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.4%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	59.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastchester	Port Chester
No high school diploma	3.9%	21.5%
High school graduate	12.5%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	14.7%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	37.7%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	31.3%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastchester	Port Chester
Drove alone	55.4%	56.4%
Carpooled	5.3%	11.5%
Public transit	17.9%	10.1%
Walked	2.7%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	17.5%	9.6%
Other means	1.2%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastchester	Port Chester
1-unit, detached	51.9%	23.5%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	27.5%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	12.5%
20 or more units	28.4%	25.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Eastchester	Port Chester
Poverty rate	3.6%	12.0%
Average household size	2.60	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	34	25
Median year structure built	1952	1955