Colonie vs Menands

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

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

Colonie has the higher population (7,705 vs 4,503 in Menands). Colonie has the higher median household income ($100,396 vs $79,750 in Menands). Colonie has the higher median home value ($270,800 vs $237,700 in Menands).

Population, income & housing

	Colonie	Menands
Population	7,705	4,503
Median age	45.4 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$100,396	$79,750
Median home value	$270,800	$237,700
Median gross rent	$1,494	$1,363
Housing units	3,223	2,174
Homeownership rate	79.4%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.4%	45.2%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colonie	Menands
Population	7,737 → 7,705 (-0.4%)	3,923 → 4,503 (+14.8%)
Median household income	$88,281 → $100,396 (+13.7%)	$70,000 → $79,750 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$217,600 → $270,800 (+24.4%)	$252,200 → $237,700 (-5.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,262 → $1,494 (+18.4%)	$1,211 → $1,363 (+12.6%)

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

Menands

Population

3,9234,503

Median household income

$70,000$79,750

Median home value

$252,200$237,700

Median gross rent

$1,211$1,363

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colonie	Menands
Under 5	3.9%	8.1%
5 to 17	16.3%	11.8%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	10.1%	25.2%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	16.1%	6.4%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	11.7%	8.5%
75 and over	8.7%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colonie	Menands
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	63.3%
Black or African American	4.8%	17.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.0%	14.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	7.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colonie	Menands
No high school diploma	8.1%	6.4%
High school graduate	23.8%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.1%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colonie	Menands
Drove alone	77.3%	74.1%
Carpooled	5.2%	1.6%
Public transit	1.3%	0.8%
Walked	2.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	17.8%
Other means	1.3%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colonie	Menands
1-unit, detached	80.1%	30.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	53.2%
20 or more units	2.5%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Colonie	Menands
Poverty rate	6.0%	9.5%
Average household size	2.43	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1967	1972