Port Jervis is home to 8,652 people in New York. 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. That trails the New York median by roughly 44%. Owners hold 51% of the housing stock. Density works out to 3,420 people per square mile. The poverty rate is 22.2%, above the 12.5% national rate.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $47,917, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 40.2
US median: 38.9
Less educated
16% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 51%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Port Jervis
What changed most since 1990
White share92.4% → 58.2%(−34.2 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree9.7% → 15.8%(+6.1 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Poverty rate14.1% → 22.2%(+8.1 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Port Jervis's population equals 2.1% of Orange County's. Its number of households without a car equals 5.8% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 1.1% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)20.1%(86)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)29.7%(127)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era38.9%(166)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War13.6%(58)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 427 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Port Jervis, decade by decade
Port Jervis population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
9,060
$59,241
$220,326
9.7%
18.0
2000
8,860
$55,089
$156,480
8.6%
32.3
2010
8,828
$61,769
$285,700
14.6%
49.9
2020
8,775
$39,391
$167,019
18.1%
65.7
2024
8,652
$47,917
$236,700
15.8%
74.8
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
