Mattydale vs Solvay

A side-by-side comparison of Mattydale and Solvay: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Solvay has the higher population (6,590 vs 5,978 in Mattydale). Mattydale has the higher median household income ($67,672 vs $58,944 in Solvay). Solvay has the higher median home value ($140,600 vs $116,100 in Mattydale).

Population, income & housing

	Mattydale	Solvay
Population	5,978	6,590
Median age	38.4 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,672	$58,944
Median home value	$116,100	$140,600
Median gross rent	$1,073	$875
Housing units	2,586	3,316
Homeownership rate	78.3%	49.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mattydale	Solvay
Population	5,820 → 5,978 (+2.7%)	6,323 → 6,590 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$54,830 → $67,672 (+23.4%)	$49,926 → $58,944 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$89,500 → $116,100 (+29.7%)	$113,800 → $140,600 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,009 → $1,073 (+6.3%)	$792 → $875 (+10.5%)

Mattydale

Population

5,8205,978

Median household income

$54,830$67,672

Median home value

$89,500$116,100

Median gross rent

$1,009$1,073

Solvay

Population

6,3236,590

Median household income

$49,926$58,944

Median home value

$113,800$140,600

Median gross rent

$792$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mattydale	Solvay
Under 5	3.8%	8.4%
5 to 17	16.7%	14.2%
18 to 24	9.0%	4.4%
25 to 34	14.1%	14.0%
35 to 44	14.3%	17.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.9%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.1%	12.9%
75 and over	3.9%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mattydale	Solvay
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	85.1%
Black or African American	3.0%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.4%
Asian	5.6%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mattydale	Solvay
No high school diploma	8.2%	11.1%
High school graduate	43.4%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mattydale	Solvay
Drove alone	74.3%	70.5%
Carpooled	14.8%	14.0%
Public transit	0.6%	4.8%
Walked	1.8%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	4.3%
Other means	0.5%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mattydale	Solvay
1-unit, detached	85.8%	47.2%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	33.5%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	11.7%
20 or more units	1.8%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mattydale	Solvay
Poverty rate	10.1%	10.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1953	1946