Ossining vs Port Chester

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

Ossining 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 26,979 in Ossining). Ossining has the higher median household income ($100,997 vs $99,916 in Port Chester). Port Chester has the higher median home value ($563,900 vs $444,200 in Ossining).

Population, income & housing

	Ossining	Port Chester
Population	26,979	31,162
Median age	41.4 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$100,997	$99,916
Median home value	$444,200	$563,900
Median gross rent	$2,108	$1,922
Housing units	10,388	10,905
Homeownership rate	53.3%	46.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	34.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ossining	Port Chester
Population	25,086 → 26,979 (+7.5%)	29,342 → 31,162 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$70,177 → $100,997 (+43.9%)	$74,920 → $99,916 (+33.4%)
Median home value	$360,300 → $444,200 (+23.3%)	$446,900 → $563,900 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,639 → $2,108 (+28.6%)	$1,598 → $1,922 (+20.3%)

Ossining

Population

25,08626,979

Median household income

$70,177$100,997

Median home value

$360,300$444,200

Median gross rent

$1,639$2,108

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)

	Ossining	Port Chester
Under 5	4.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.3%	12.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	9.2%
25 to 34	13.9%	14.1%
35 to 44	13.6%	16.2%
45 to 54	17.0%	14.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.1%	7.6%
75 and over	6.6%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ossining	Port Chester
White (non-Hispanic)	40.6%	28.9%
Black or African American	10.1%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	41.7%	59.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ossining	Port Chester
No high school diploma	15.4%	21.5%
High school graduate	20.9%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	22.2%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ossining	Port Chester
Drove alone	58.6%	56.4%
Carpooled	9.1%	11.5%
Public transit	13.6%	10.1%
Walked	2.0%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	13.4%	9.6%
Other means	3.3%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ossining	Port Chester
1-unit, detached	30.1%	23.5%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	23.2%	27.5%
5 to 19 units	16.2%	12.5%
20 or more units	20.4%	25.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Ossining	Port Chester
Poverty rate	8.7%	12.0%
Average household size	2.57	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	37	25
Median year structure built	1960	1955