Menands vs Ravena

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

Menands and Ravena 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 3,256 in Ravena). Menands has the higher median household income ($79,750 vs $77,163 in Ravena). Menands has the higher median home value ($237,700 vs $194,400 in Ravena).

Population, income & housing

	Menands	Ravena
Population	4,503	3,256
Median age	31.9 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$79,750	$77,163
Median home value	$237,700	$194,400
Median gross rent	$1,363	$1,042
Housing units	2,174	1,648
Homeownership rate	28.2%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.2%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Menands	Ravena
Population	3,923 → 4,503 (+14.8%)	3,210 → 3,256 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$70,000 → $79,750 (+13.9%)	$60,036 → $77,163 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$252,200 → $237,700 (-5.7%)	$169,500 → $194,400 (+14.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,211 → $1,363 (+12.6%)	$897 → $1,042 (+16.2%)

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

Ravena

Population

3,2103,256

Median household income

$60,036$77,163

Median home value

$169,500$194,400

Median gross rent

$897$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Menands	Ravena
Under 5	8.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	11.8%	11.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	14.8%
25 to 34	25.2%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.8%	7.5%
45 to 54	6.4%	18.2%
55 to 64	13.0%	17.4%
65 to 74	8.5%	9.6%
75 and over	5.5%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Menands	Ravena
White (non-Hispanic)	63.3%	84.3%
Black or African American	17.0%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Menands	Ravena
No high school diploma	6.4%	12.4%
High school graduate	17.9%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Menands	Ravena
Drove alone	74.1%	79.0%
Carpooled	1.6%	6.9%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.8%	11.9%
Other means	2.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Menands	Ravena
1-unit, detached	30.9%	57.6%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	16.6%
5 to 19 units	53.2%	12.6%
20 or more units	7.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Menands	Ravena
Poverty rate	9.5%	6.1%
Average household size	2.10	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1972	1967