Roessleville vs Watervliet

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

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

Roessleville has the higher population (11,327 vs 10,285 in Watervliet). Roessleville has the higher median household income ($87,022 vs $55,897 in Watervliet). Roessleville has the higher median home value ($249,100 vs $176,200 in Watervliet).

Population, income & housing

	Roessleville	Watervliet
Population	11,327	10,285
Median age	41.3 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$87,022	$55,897
Median home value	$249,100	$176,200
Median gross rent	$1,362	$1,076
Housing units	5,303	5,980
Homeownership rate	70.4%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roessleville	Watervliet
Population	11,843 → 11,327 (-4.4%)	10,050 → 10,285 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$76,404 → $87,022 (+13.9%)	$43,803 → $55,897 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$215,100 → $249,100 (+15.8%)	$145,200 → $176,200 (+21.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,120 → $1,362 (+21.6%)	$884 → $1,076 (+21.7%)

Roessleville

Population

11,84311,327

Median household income

$76,404$87,022

Median home value

$215,100$249,100

Median gross rent

$1,120$1,362

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)

	Roessleville	Watervliet
Under 5	5.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.3%	12.3%
18 to 24	7.4%	12.5%
25 to 34	15.9%	14.3%
35 to 44	10.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	14.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	14.3%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.8%
75 and over	6.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roessleville	Watervliet
White (non-Hispanic)	70.7%	73.8%
Black or African American	6.9%	8.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.8%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.0%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roessleville	Watervliet
No high school diploma	5.4%	9.9%
High school graduate	30.6%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roessleville	Watervliet
Drove alone	69.7%	71.0%
Carpooled	11.7%	9.3%
Public transit	3.9%	5.1%
Walked	2.1%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	9.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roessleville	Watervliet
1-unit, detached	65.5%	23.7%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	53.4%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	15.1%
20 or more units	13.4%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Roessleville	Watervliet
Poverty rate	6.4%	19.9%
Average household size	2.27	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1964	1938