Cohoes vs Colonie

A side-by-side comparison of Cohoes and Colonie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cohoes has the higher population (18,043 vs 7,705 in Colonie). Colonie has the higher median household income ($100,396 vs $62,111 in Cohoes). Colonie has the higher median home value ($270,800 vs $209,400 in Cohoes).

Population, income & housing

	Cohoes	Colonie
Population	18,043	7,705
Median age	36.7 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,111	$100,396
Median home value	$209,400	$270,800
Median gross rent	$1,179	$1,494
Housing units	9,020	3,223
Homeownership rate	41.1%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cohoes	Colonie
Population	16,684 → 18,043 (+8.1%)	7,737 → 7,705 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$55,054 → $62,111 (+12.8%)	$88,281 → $100,396 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$156,000 → $209,400 (+34.2%)	$217,600 → $270,800 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$944 → $1,179 (+24.9%)	$1,262 → $1,494 (+18.4%)

Cohoes

Population

16,68418,043

Median household income

$55,054$62,111

Median home value

$156,000$209,400

Median gross rent

$944$1,179

Colonie

Population

7,7377,705

Median household income

$88,281$100,396

Median home value

$217,600$270,800

Median gross rent

$1,262$1,494

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cohoes	Colonie
Under 5	5.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	17.6%	16.3%
18 to 24	11.5%	8.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	10.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	8.0%	16.1%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	11.7%
75 and over	8.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cohoes	Colonie
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	74.6%
Black or African American	9.9%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	9.5%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cohoes	Colonie
No high school diploma	10.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	30.7%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cohoes	Colonie
Drove alone	68.1%	77.3%
Carpooled	16.9%	5.2%
Public transit	1.8%	1.3%
Walked	1.8%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	13.0%
Other means	0.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cohoes	Colonie
1-unit, detached	26.5%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	38.0%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	14.6%	7.8%
20 or more units	15.1%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Cohoes	Colonie
Poverty rate	25.3%	6.0%
Average household size	2.18	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1953	1967