Latham vs Watervliet

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

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

Latham has the higher population (14,327 vs 10,285 in Watervliet). Latham has the higher median household income ($101,580 vs $55,897 in Watervliet). Latham has the higher median home value ($300,300 vs $176,200 in Watervliet).

Population, income & housing

	Latham	Watervliet
Population	14,327	10,285
Median age	41.2 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$101,580	$55,897
Median home value	$300,300	$176,200
Median gross rent	$1,417	$1,076
Housing units	6,046	5,980
Homeownership rate	63.3%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.7%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Latham	Watervliet
Population	13,760 → 14,327 (+4.1%)	10,050 → 10,285 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$81,276 → $101,580 (+25.0%)	$43,803 → $55,897 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$250,100 → $300,300 (+20.1%)	$145,200 → $176,200 (+21.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,241 → $1,417 (+14.2%)	$884 → $1,076 (+21.7%)

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

Watervliet

Population

10,05010,285

Median household income

$43,803$55,897

Median home value

$145,200$176,200

Median gross rent

$884$1,076

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Latham	Watervliet
Under 5	3.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.7%	12.3%
18 to 24	14.7%	12.5%
25 to 34	7.6%	14.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.8%
75 and over	8.2%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Latham	Watervliet
White (non-Hispanic)	74.4%	73.8%
Black or African American	5.0%	8.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	12.0%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.9%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Latham	Watervliet
No high school diploma	5.3%	9.9%
High school graduate	20.5%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	20.6%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Latham	Watervliet
Drove alone	70.9%	71.0%
Carpooled	8.3%	9.3%
Public transit	0.5%	5.1%
Walked	3.3%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	9.6%
Other means	2.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Latham	Watervliet
1-unit, detached	57.7%	23.7%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	53.4%
5 to 19 units	16.8%	15.1%
20 or more units	8.6%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Latham	Watervliet
Poverty rate	8.4%	19.9%
Average household size	2.43	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1976	1938