Alden vs Blasdell

A side-by-side comparison of Alden and Blasdell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alden has the higher population (2,595 vs 2,534 in Blasdell). Alden has the higher median household income ($74,426 vs $61,250 in Blasdell). Alden has the higher median home value ($206,700 vs $153,500 in Blasdell).

Population, income & housing

	Alden	Blasdell
Population	2,595	2,534
Median age	42.0 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,426	$61,250
Median home value	$206,700	$153,500
Median gross rent	$804	$777
Housing units	1,215	1,342
Homeownership rate	66.9%	56.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alden	Blasdell
Population	2,577 → 2,595 (+0.7%)	2,645 → 2,534 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$60,361 → $74,426 (+23.3%)	$49,310 → $61,250 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$142,900 → $206,700 (+44.6%)	$106,800 → $153,500 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $804 (+5.4%)	$701 → $777 (+10.8%)

Alden

Population

2,5772,595

Median household income

$60,361$74,426

Median home value

$142,900$206,700

Median gross rent

$763$804

Blasdell

Population

2,6452,534

Median household income

$49,310$61,250

Median home value

$106,800$153,500

Median gross rent

$701$777

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alden	Blasdell
Under 5	5.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	13.8%	14.9%
18 to 24	5.1%	6.3%
25 to 34	16.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	16.1%
55 to 64	17.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.7%
75 and over	7.8%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alden	Blasdell
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alden	Blasdell
No high school diploma	4.4%	6.6%
High school graduate	35.9%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alden	Blasdell
Drove alone	81.4%	76.8%
Carpooled	12.5%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	2.8%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	11.9%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alden	Blasdell
1-unit, detached	61.2%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	33.5%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	2.4%
20 or more units	2.4%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Alden	Blasdell
Poverty rate	5.0%	17.5%
Average household size	2.21	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1963	1942