Alden vs Clarence

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

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

Clarence has the higher population (2,600 vs 2,595 in Alden). Clarence has the higher median household income ($87,344 vs $74,426 in Alden). Clarence has the higher median home value ($288,600 vs $206,700 in Alden).

Population, income & housing

	Alden	Clarence
Population	2,595	2,600
Median age	42.0 yrs	58.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,426	$87,344
Median home value	$206,700	$288,600
Median gross rent	$804	$803
Housing units	1,215	1,285
Homeownership rate	66.9%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alden	Clarence
Population	2,577 → 2,595 (+0.7%)	2,650 → 2,600 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$60,361 → $74,426 (+23.3%)	$70,488 → $87,344 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$142,900 → $206,700 (+44.6%)	$253,100 → $288,600 (+14.0%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $804 (+5.4%)	$751 → $803 (+6.9%)

Alden

Population

2,5772,595

Median household income

$60,361$74,426

Median home value

$142,900$206,700

Median gross rent

$763$804

Clarence

Population

2,6502,600

Median household income

$70,488$87,344

Median home value

$253,100$288,600

Median gross rent

$751$803

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alden	Clarence
Under 5	5.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	13.8%	9.3%
18 to 24	5.1%	4.4%
25 to 34	16.7%	7.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	3.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.3%
55 to 64	17.7%	23.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	16.4%
75 and over	7.8%	21.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alden	Clarence
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alden	Clarence
No high school diploma	4.4%	2.6%
High school graduate	35.9%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	18.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alden	Clarence
Drove alone	81.4%	63.7%
Carpooled	12.5%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	24.8%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alden	Clarence
1-unit, detached	61.2%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	5.4%
20 or more units	2.4%	20.7%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alden	Clarence
Poverty rate	5.0%	7.9%
Average household size	2.21	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1963	1966