What is the population of Wallkill CDP?

Wallkill CDP has 1,980 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #631 of 1,292 in New York.

What is the median household income in Wallkill CDP?

Median household income in Wallkill CDP is $76,908 a year, 2.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wallkill CDP?

Median gross rent is $1,147 a month and the median home value is $278,300, so rent absorbs about 17.9% of median household income.

Is Wallkill CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wallkill CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Wallkill, NY population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Wallkill, New York (Wallkill, NY — Census place “Wallkill CDP”) is 1,980 residents, ranking #631 of 1292 places in New York. Median household income is $76,908, the median home is worth $278,300 and median gross rent runs $1,147 a month. Looking for the Wallkill New York ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Wallkill, NY: 12589.

Population: 1,980Wallkill CDP residents
Median household income: $76,908Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $278,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,147Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 45.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 58.3%Owner-occupied households

Wallkill ZIP codes (New York)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Wallkill.

The Wallkill NY ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

12589

What the numbers mean in Wallkill CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Wallkill CDP median would spend about 17.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.1% of residents and 58.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Wallkill CDP, NY in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Wallkill CDP is a small town in New York, with 1,980 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #631 of 1,292 ranked by population — larger than 51% of them. The median age here is 45.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Wallkill CDP earn a median of $76,908 a year, 2.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 16% below the $91,806 median for the 847 New York cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 5.1% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Wallkill CDP is valued at $278,300, 8.3% below the national figure and 12% below the $315,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,147 a month, 18.4% below the national figure, or roughly $13,764 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 58.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Wallkill CDP?: Wallkill CDP has 1,980 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #631 of 1,292 in New York.
What is the median household income in Wallkill CDP?: Median household income in Wallkill CDP is $76,908 a year, 2.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wallkill CDP?: Median gross rent is $1,147 a month and the median home value is $278,300, so rent absorbs about 17.9% of median household income.
Is Wallkill CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wallkill CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Wallkill CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.