Gainesville vs Pike

A side-by-side comparison of Gainesville and Pike: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pike has the higher population (242 vs 209 in Gainesville). Gainesville has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $68,000 in Pike). Gainesville has the higher median home value ($105,800 vs $95,600 in Pike).

Population, income & housing

	Gainesville	Pike
Population	209	242
Median age	48.8 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	$68,000
Median home value	$105,800	$95,600
Median gross rent	$693	—
Housing units	116	121
Homeownership rate	77.6%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gainesville	Pike
Population	245 → 209 (-14.7%)	257 → 242 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$53,958 → $73,750 (+36.7%)	$33,750 → $68,000 (+101.5%)
Median home value	$82,700 → $105,800 (+27.9%)	$67,400 → $95,600 (+41.8%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $693 (+3.4%)	—

Gainesville

Population

245209

Median household income

$53,958$73,750

Median home value

$82,700$105,800

Median gross rent

$670$693

Pike

Population

257242

Median household income

$33,750$68,000

Median home value

$67,400$95,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gainesville	Pike
Under 5	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.3%	24.4%
18 to 24	6.2%	2.1%
25 to 34	5.7%	8.3%
35 to 44	12.9%	21.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	15.3%
55 to 64	18.2%	8.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.5%
75 and over	14.4%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gainesville	Pike
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	5.4%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gainesville	Pike
No high school diploma	9.8%	6.2%
High school graduate	39.9%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gainesville	Pike
Drove alone	84.2%	79.3%
Carpooled	4.0%	0.0%
Public transit	2.0%	4.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	16.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gainesville	Pike
1-unit, detached	81.0%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.2%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Gainesville	Pike
Poverty rate	5.1%	12.4%
Average household size	2.13	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1938	1938