Essex County vs Schoharie County

A side-by-side comparison of Essex County and Schoharie County: population, income, housing, and more.

Essex County and Schoharie County are counties in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Essex County has the higher population (37,077 vs 29,979 in Schoharie County). Schoharie County has the higher median household income ($71,188 vs $70,215 in Essex County). Essex County has the higher median home value ($200,000 vs $182,000 in Schoharie County).

Population, income & housing

	Essex County	Schoharie County
Population	37,077	29,979
Median age	49.5 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,215	$71,188
Median home value	$200,000	$182,000
Median gross rent	$890	$916
Housing units	25,318	16,544
Homeownership rate	78.1%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.3%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Essex County	Schoharie County
Population	37,459 → 37,077 (-1.0%)	31,222 → 29,979 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$56,763 → $70,215 (+23.7%)	$57,714 → $71,188 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$153,600 → $200,000 (+30.2%)	$144,800 → $182,000 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$812 → $890 (+9.6%)	$790 → $916 (+15.9%)

Essex County

Population

37,45937,077

Median household income

$56,763$70,215

Median home value

$153,600$200,000

Median gross rent

$812$890

Schoharie County

Population

31,22229,979

Median household income

$57,714$71,188

Median home value

$144,800$182,000

Median gross rent

$790$916

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Essex County	Schoharie County
Under 5	3.8%	4.3%
5 to 17	12.1%	13.2%
18 to 24	6.2%	10.6%
25 to 34	11.4%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.6%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.8%
55 to 64	16.9%	15.6%
65 to 74	15.2%	13.9%
75 and over	10.5%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Essex County	Schoharie County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	89.1%
Black or African American	2.1%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Essex County	Schoharie County
No high school diploma	8.5%	8.0%
High school graduate	33.1%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Essex County	Schoharie County
Drove alone	73.0%	73.7%
Carpooled	10.4%	10.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.4%
Walked	4.3%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	10.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Essex County	Schoharie County
1-unit, detached	79.4%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	3.9%
20 or more units	1.7%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Essex County	Schoharie County
Poverty rate	11.8%	10.8%
Average household size	2.18	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1970	1973