Alden vs Clarence Center

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

Alden and Clarence Center 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 2,551 in Clarence Center). Clarence Center has the higher median household income ($138,761 vs $74,426 in Alden). Clarence Center has the higher median home value ($440,000 vs $206,700 in Alden).

Population, income & housing

	Alden	Clarence Center
Population	2,595	2,551
Median age	42.0 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,426	$138,761
Median home value	$206,700	$440,000
Median gross rent	$804	$1,427
Housing units	1,215	1,014
Homeownership rate	66.9%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	60.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alden	Clarence Center
Population	2,577 → 2,595 (+0.7%)	2,970 → 2,551 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$60,361 → $74,426 (+23.3%)	$128,083 → $138,761 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$142,900 → $206,700 (+44.6%)	$278,200 → $440,000 (+58.2%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $804 (+5.4%)	$1,375 → $1,427 (+3.8%)

Alden

Population

2,5772,595

Median household income

$60,361$74,426

Median home value

$142,900$206,700

Median gross rent

$763$804

Clarence Center

Population

2,9702,551

Median household income

$128,083$138,761

Median home value

$278,200$440,000

Median gross rent

$1,375$1,427

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alden	Clarence Center
Under 5	5.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	13.8%	20.5%
18 to 24	5.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	16.7%	5.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	17.8%
55 to 64	17.7%	17.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	13.3%
75 and over	7.8%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alden	Clarence Center
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alden	Clarence Center
No high school diploma	4.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	35.9%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	29.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alden	Clarence Center
Drove alone	81.4%	74.3%
Carpooled	12.5%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.4%
Worked from home	3.9%	14.5%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alden	Clarence Center
1-unit, detached	61.2%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	0.7%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alden	Clarence Center
Poverty rate	5.0%	1.5%
Average household size	2.21	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1963	1993