Sleepy Hollow vs Tarrytown

A side-by-side comparison of Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tarrytown has the higher population (11,752 vs 10,592 in Sleepy Hollow). Tarrytown has the higher median household income ($109,732 vs $101,652 in Sleepy Hollow). Sleepy Hollow has the higher median home value ($756,700 vs $639,700 in Tarrytown).

Population, income & housing

	Sleepy Hollow	Tarrytown
Population	10,592	11,752
Median age	39.6 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$101,652	$109,732
Median home value	$756,700	$639,700
Median gross rent	$1,836	$2,065
Housing units	4,155	5,648
Homeownership rate	34.4%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.4%	62.4%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sleepy Hollow	Tarrytown
Population	10,122 → 10,592 (+4.6%)	11,436 → 11,752 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$68,125 → $101,652 (+49.2%)	$124,046 → $109,732 (-11.5%)
Median home value	$693,500 → $756,700 (+9.1%)	$609,400 → $639,700 (+5.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,552 → $1,836 (+18.3%)	$1,842 → $2,065 (+12.1%)

Sleepy Hollow

Population

10,12210,592

Median household income

$68,125$101,652

Median home value

$693,500$756,700

Median gross rent

$1,552$1,836

Tarrytown

Population

11,43611,752

Median household income

$124,046$109,732

Median home value

$609,400$639,700

Median gross rent

$1,842$2,065

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sleepy Hollow	Tarrytown
Under 5	3.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	19.2%	11.8%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.8%	15.7%
35 to 44	10.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	16.5%	8.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	16.4%
65 to 74	8.2%	15.3%
75 and over	8.4%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sleepy Hollow	Tarrytown
White (non-Hispanic)	43.2%	59.9%
Black or African American	2.5%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	47.8%	22.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sleepy Hollow	Tarrytown
No high school diploma	24.3%	4.3%
High school graduate	18.6%	11.3%
Some college or associate's	15.6%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	22.0%	32.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sleepy Hollow	Tarrytown
Drove alone	45.6%	54.2%
Carpooled	7.4%	7.8%
Public transit	18.0%	12.9%
Walked	6.1%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	19.8%	20.5%
Other means	3.1%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sleepy Hollow	Tarrytown
1-unit, detached	26.9%	30.1%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	12.4%
2 to 4 units	34.8%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	17.6%	18.5%
20 or more units	16.2%	18.7%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Sleepy Hollow	Tarrytown
Poverty rate	6.4%	7.2%
Average household size	2.65	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1942	1956