Menands vs Voorheesville

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

Menands and Voorheesville 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 2,828 in Voorheesville). Voorheesville has the higher median household income ($106,250 vs $79,750 in Menands). Voorheesville has the higher median home value ($299,300 vs $237,700 in Menands).

Population, income & housing

	Menands	Voorheesville
Population	4,503	2,828
Median age	31.9 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$79,750	$106,250
Median home value	$237,700	$299,300
Median gross rent	$1,363	$1,157
Housing units	2,174	1,128
Homeownership rate	28.2%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.2%	53.2%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Menands	Voorheesville
Population	3,923 → 4,503 (+14.8%)	2,801 → 2,828 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$70,000 → $79,750 (+13.9%)	$97,938 → $106,250 (+8.5%)
Median home value	$252,200 → $237,700 (-5.7%)	$233,400 → $299,300 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,211 → $1,363 (+12.6%)	$994 → $1,157 (+16.4%)

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

Voorheesville

Population

2,8012,828

Median household income

$97,938$106,250

Median home value

$233,400$299,300

Median gross rent

$994$1,157

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Menands	Voorheesville
Under 5	8.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	11.8%	19.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	11.1%
25 to 34	25.2%	7.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	6.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.0%	11.1%
65 to 74	8.5%	13.4%
75 and over	5.5%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Menands	Voorheesville
White (non-Hispanic)	63.3%	90.8%
Black or African American	17.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.7%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Menands	Voorheesville
No high school diploma	6.4%	1.2%
High school graduate	17.9%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	35.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Menands	Voorheesville
Drove alone	74.1%	72.3%
Carpooled	1.6%	9.4%
Public transit	0.8%	0.1%
Walked	3.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.8%	16.7%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Menands	Voorheesville
1-unit, detached	30.9%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	21.1%
5 to 19 units	53.2%	4.8%
20 or more units	7.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Menands	Voorheesville
Poverty rate	9.5%	5.8%
Average household size	2.10	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1972	1970