Colonie vs Loudonville

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

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

Loudonville has the higher population (10,274 vs 7,705 in Colonie). Loudonville has the higher median household income ($131,806 vs $100,396 in Colonie). Loudonville has the higher median home value ($370,200 vs $270,800 in Colonie).

Population, income & housing

	Colonie	Loudonville
Population	7,705	10,274
Median age	45.4 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$100,396	$131,806
Median home value	$270,800	$370,200
Median gross rent	$1,494	$1,891
Housing units	3,223	4,089
Homeownership rate	79.4%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.4%	58.2%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colonie	Loudonville
Population	7,737 → 7,705 (-0.4%)	9,911 → 10,274 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$88,281 → $100,396 (+13.7%)	$110,857 → $131,806 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$217,600 → $270,800 (+24.4%)	$291,300 → $370,200 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,262 → $1,494 (+18.4%)	$1,293 → $1,891 (+46.2%)

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

Loudonville

Population

9,91110,274

Median household income

$110,857$131,806

Median home value

$291,300$370,200

Median gross rent

$1,293$1,891

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colonie	Loudonville
Under 5	3.9%	8.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	15.3%
18 to 24	8.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	10.1%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	16.1%	9.4%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.6%
65 to 74	11.7%	13.2%
75 and over	8.7%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colonie	Loudonville
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	78.5%
Black or African American	4.8%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.0%	10.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.9%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colonie	Loudonville
No high school diploma	8.1%	1.8%
High school graduate	23.8%	15.3%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.1%	27.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colonie	Loudonville
Drove alone	77.3%	75.0%
Carpooled	5.2%	4.1%
Public transit	1.3%	0.6%
Walked	2.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	16.3%
Other means	1.3%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colonie	Loudonville
1-unit, detached	80.1%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	0.5%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Colonie	Loudonville
Poverty rate	6.0%	3.7%
Average household size	2.43	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1967	1963