Gainesville vs Strykersville

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

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

Strykersville has the higher population (744 vs 209 in Gainesville). Strykersville has the higher median household income ($86,250 vs $73,750 in Gainesville). Strykersville has the higher median home value ($186,700 vs $105,800 in Gainesville).

Population, income & housing

	Gainesville	Strykersville
Population	209	744
Median age	48.8 yrs	29.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	$86,250
Median home value	$105,800	$186,700
Median gross rent	$693	$792
Housing units	116	286
Homeownership rate	77.6%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gainesville	Strykersville
Population	245 → 209 (-14.7%)	661 → 744 (+12.6%)
Median household income	$53,958 → $73,750 (+36.7%)	$65,294 → $86,250 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$82,700 → $105,800 (+27.9%)	$144,700 → $186,700 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $693 (+3.4%)	$845 → $792 (-6.3%)

Gainesville

Population

245209

Median household income

$53,958$73,750

Median home value

$82,700$105,800

Median gross rent

$670$693

Strykersville

Population

661744

Median household income

$65,294$86,250

Median home value

$144,700$186,700

Median gross rent

$845$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gainesville	Strykersville
Under 5	4.3%	19.4%
5 to 17	16.3%	8.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.3%
25 to 34	5.7%	22.7%
35 to 44	12.9%	7.5%
45 to 54	12.0%	2.7%
55 to 64	18.2%	15.9%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.7%
75 and over	14.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gainesville	Strykersville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	78.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	21.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gainesville	Strykersville
No high school diploma	9.8%	0.6%
High school graduate	39.9%	51.8%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gainesville	Strykersville
Drove alone	84.2%	59.3%
Carpooled	4.0%	10.1%
Public transit	2.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	28.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	1.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gainesville	Strykersville
1-unit, detached	81.0%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.2%	19.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gainesville	Strykersville
Poverty rate	5.1%	6.7%
Average household size	2.13	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1938	1961