Menands vs Westmere

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

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

Westmere has the higher population (7,616 vs 4,503 in Menands). Westmere has the higher median household income ($86,398 vs $79,750 in Menands). Westmere has the higher median home value ($291,200 vs $237,700 in Menands).

Population, income & housing

	Menands	Westmere
Population	4,503	7,616
Median age	31.9 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$79,750	$86,398
Median home value	$237,700	$291,200
Median gross rent	$1,363	$1,660
Housing units	2,174	3,580
Homeownership rate	28.2%	51.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.2%	48.8%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Menands	Westmere
Population	3,923 → 4,503 (+14.8%)	6,933 → 7,616 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$70,000 → $79,750 (+13.9%)	$68,523 → $86,398 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$252,200 → $237,700 (-5.7%)	$232,800 → $291,200 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,211 → $1,363 (+12.6%)	$1,260 → $1,660 (+31.7%)

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

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)

	Menands	Westmere
Under 5	8.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	11.8%	14.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	10.6%
25 to 34	25.2%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.0%
45 to 54	6.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.8%
65 to 74	8.5%	10.6%
75 and over	5.5%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Menands	Westmere
White (non-Hispanic)	63.3%	66.2%
Black or African American	17.0%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.0%	10.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.9%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.7%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Menands	Westmere
No high school diploma	6.4%	3.6%
High school graduate	17.9%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Menands	Westmere
Drove alone	74.1%	72.7%
Carpooled	1.6%	10.4%
Public transit	0.8%	0.2%
Walked	3.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.4%
Worked from home	17.8%	10.5%
Other means	2.3%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Menands	Westmere
1-unit, detached	30.9%	49.9%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	53.2%	29.4%
20 or more units	7.6%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Menands	Westmere
Poverty rate	9.5%	4.4%
Average household size	2.10	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1972	1972