Green Island vs Menands

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

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

Menands has the higher population (4,503 vs 2,966 in Green Island). Menands has the higher median household income ($79,750 vs $70,281 in Green Island). Menands has the higher median home value ($237,700 vs $137,300 in Green Island).

Population, income & housing

	Green Island	Menands
Population	2,966	4,503
Median age	34.1 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,281	$79,750
Median home value	$137,300	$237,700
Median gross rent	$1,081	$1,363
Housing units	1,758	2,174
Homeownership rate	25.1%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	45.2%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Green Island	Menands
Population	2,592 → 2,966 (+14.4%)	3,923 → 4,503 (+14.8%)
Median household income	$55,104 → $70,281 (+27.5%)	$70,000 → $79,750 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$134,800 → $137,300 (+1.9%)	$252,200 → $237,700 (-5.7%)
Median gross rent	$824 → $1,081 (+31.2%)	$1,211 → $1,363 (+12.6%)

Green Island

Population

2,5922,966

Median household income

$55,104$70,281

Median home value

$134,800$137,300

Median gross rent

$824$1,081

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)

	Green Island	Menands
Under 5	8.8%	8.1%
5 to 17	7.1%	11.8%
18 to 24	10.3%	8.6%
25 to 34	24.9%	25.2%
35 to 44	3.4%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	6.4%
55 to 64	17.9%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.5%
75 and over	5.8%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Green Island	Menands
White (non-Hispanic)	66.4%	63.3%
Black or African American	9.4%	17.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	14.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	6.5%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Green Island	Menands
No high school diploma	9.8%	6.4%
High school graduate	39.2%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Green Island	Menands
Drove alone	66.3%	74.1%
Carpooled	4.2%	1.6%
Public transit	9.5%	0.8%
Walked	6.1%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	17.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Green Island	Menands
1-unit, detached	21.6%	30.9%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	58.3%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	53.2%
20 or more units	6.7%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Green Island	Menands
Poverty rate	23.2%	9.5%
Average household size	2.00	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1938	1972