Elmsford vs Pelham Manor

A side-by-side comparison of Elmsford and Pelham Manor: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pelham Manor has the higher population (5,648 vs 5,183 in Elmsford). Pelham Manor has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $116,779 in Elmsford). Pelham Manor has the higher median home value ($1,075,300 vs $568,000 in Elmsford).

Population, income & housing

	Elmsford	Pelham Manor
Population	5,183	5,648
Median age	34.6 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$116,779	$250,001
Median home value	$568,000	$1,075,300
Median gross rent	$2,564	$1,894
Housing units	1,823	1,992
Homeownership rate	57.4%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	78.6%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmsford	Pelham Manor
Population	5,085 → 5,183 (+1.9%)	5,569 → 5,648 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$90,823 → $116,779 (+28.6%)	$174,688 → $250,001 (+43.1%)
Median home value	$433,300 → $568,000 (+31.1%)	$893,200 → $1,075,300 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,810 → $2,564 (+41.7%)	$2,417 → $1,894 (-21.6%)

Elmsford

Population

5,0855,183

Median household income

$90,823$116,779

Median home value

$433,300$568,000

Median gross rent

$1,810$2,564

Pelham Manor

Population

5,5695,648

Median household income

$174,688$250,001

Median home value

$893,200$1,075,300

Median gross rent

$2,417$1,894

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmsford	Pelham Manor
Under 5	4.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.6%	22.4%
18 to 24	10.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	15.6%	8.3%
35 to 44	18.6%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	14.0%
55 to 64	9.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	5.4%	8.3%
75 and over	4.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmsford	Pelham Manor
White (non-Hispanic)	21.4%	75.7%
Black or African American	13.5%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.8%	7.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	51.8%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmsford	Pelham Manor
No high school diploma	11.2%	4.0%
High school graduate	25.3%	5.4%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	12.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.3%	34.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	44.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmsford	Pelham Manor
Drove alone	73.9%	44.8%
Carpooled	11.0%	3.2%
Public transit	8.3%	25.7%
Walked	2.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	23.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmsford	Pelham Manor
1-unit, detached	49.6%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	18.7%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	11.6%	23.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elmsford	Pelham Manor
Poverty rate	7.5%	1.7%
Average household size	3.13	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	22	39
Median year structure built	1959	1938