Peekskill vs Port Chester

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

Peekskill 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 25,484 in Peekskill). Port Chester has the higher median household income ($99,916 vs $91,042 in Peekskill). Port Chester has the higher median home value ($563,900 vs $376,800 in Peekskill).

Population, income & housing

	Peekskill	Port Chester
Population	25,484	31,162
Median age	40.9 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$91,042	$99,916
Median home value	$376,800	$563,900
Median gross rent	$1,895	$1,922
Housing units	11,752	10,905
Homeownership rate	58.4%	46.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	34.5%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Peekskill	Port Chester
Population	24,075 → 25,484 (+5.9%)	29,342 → 31,162 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$57,206 → $91,042 (+59.1%)	$74,920 → $99,916 (+33.4%)
Median home value	$294,100 → $376,800 (+28.1%)	$446,900 → $563,900 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,407 → $1,895 (+34.7%)	$1,598 → $1,922 (+20.3%)

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

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)

	Peekskill	Port Chester
Under 5	3.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	12.8%	12.9%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.2%
25 to 34	14.9%	14.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	16.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	14.6%
55 to 64	17.2%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.8%	7.6%
75 and over	6.3%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Peekskill	Port Chester
White (non-Hispanic)	31.9%	28.9%
Black or African American	17.4%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	46.2%	59.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Peekskill	Port Chester
No high school diploma	13.6%	21.5%
High school graduate	22.6%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Peekskill	Port Chester
Drove alone	65.1%	56.4%
Carpooled	11.5%	11.5%
Public transit	10.4%	10.1%
Walked	3.8%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	7.8%	9.6%
Other means	1.4%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Peekskill	Port Chester
1-unit, detached	32.8%	23.5%
1-unit, attached	16.3%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	21.5%	27.5%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	12.5%
20 or more units	18.9%	25.6%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Peekskill	Port Chester
Poverty rate	10.0%	12.0%
Average household size	2.34	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	40	25
Median year structure built	1963	1955