Cohoes vs Latham

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

Cohoes and Latham 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 14,327 in Latham). Latham has the higher median household income ($101,580 vs $62,111 in Cohoes). Latham has the higher median home value ($300,300 vs $209,400 in Cohoes).

Population, income & housing

	Cohoes	Latham
Population	18,043	14,327
Median age	36.7 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,111	$101,580
Median home value	$209,400	$300,300
Median gross rent	$1,179	$1,417
Housing units	9,020	6,046
Homeownership rate	41.1%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	44.7%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cohoes	Latham
Population	16,684 → 18,043 (+8.1%)	13,760 → 14,327 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$55,054 → $62,111 (+12.8%)	$81,276 → $101,580 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$156,000 → $209,400 (+34.2%)	$250,100 → $300,300 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$944 → $1,179 (+24.9%)	$1,241 → $1,417 (+14.2%)

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

Latham

Population

13,76014,327

Median household income

$81,276$101,580

Median home value

$250,100$300,300

Median gross rent

$1,241$1,417

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cohoes	Latham
Under 5	5.0%	3.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	16.7%
18 to 24	11.5%	14.7%
25 to 34	13.1%	7.6%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.8%
45 to 54	8.0%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.1%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.1%
75 and over	8.0%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cohoes	Latham
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	74.4%
Black or African American	9.9%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	12.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.5%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cohoes	Latham
No high school diploma	10.0%	5.3%
High school graduate	30.7%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cohoes	Latham
Drove alone	68.1%	70.9%
Carpooled	16.9%	8.3%
Public transit	1.8%	0.5%
Walked	1.8%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.1%	14.9%
Other means	0.6%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cohoes	Latham
1-unit, detached	26.5%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	38.0%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	14.6%	16.8%
20 or more units	15.1%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Cohoes	Latham
Poverty rate	25.3%	8.4%
Average household size	2.18	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1953	1976