Colonie vs Westmere

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

Colonie and Westmere 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 7,616 in Westmere). Colonie has the higher median household income ($100,396 vs $86,398 in Westmere). Westmere has the higher median home value ($291,200 vs $270,800 in Colonie).

Population, income & housing

	Colonie	Westmere
Population	7,705	7,616
Median age	45.4 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$100,396	$86,398
Median home value	$270,800	$291,200
Median gross rent	$1,494	$1,660
Housing units	3,223	3,580
Homeownership rate	79.4%	51.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.4%	48.8%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colonie	Westmere
Population	7,737 → 7,705 (-0.4%)	6,933 → 7,616 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$88,281 → $100,396 (+13.7%)	$68,523 → $86,398 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$217,600 → $270,800 (+24.4%)	$232,800 → $291,200 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,262 → $1,494 (+18.4%)	$1,260 → $1,660 (+31.7%)

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

Westmere

Population

6,9337,616

Median household income

$68,523$86,398

Median home value

$232,800$291,200

Median gross rent

$1,260$1,660

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colonie	Westmere
Under 5	3.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.3%	14.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	10.6%
25 to 34	10.1%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.3%	13.0%
45 to 54	16.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.6%
75 and over	8.7%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colonie	Westmere
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	66.2%
Black or African American	4.8%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.0%	10.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	7.9%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colonie	Westmere
No high school diploma	8.1%	3.6%
High school graduate	23.8%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.1%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colonie	Westmere
Drove alone	77.3%	72.7%
Carpooled	5.2%	10.4%
Public transit	1.3%	0.2%
Walked	2.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.4%
Worked from home	13.0%	10.5%
Other means	1.3%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colonie	Westmere
1-unit, detached	80.1%	49.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	29.4%
20 or more units	2.5%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Colonie	Westmere
Poverty rate	6.0%	4.4%
Average household size	2.43	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1967	1972