Balmville vs Gardnertown

A side-by-side comparison of Balmville and Gardnertown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gardnertown has the higher population (4,154 vs 3,725 in Balmville). Gardnertown has the higher median household income ($112,043 vs $107,204 in Balmville). Balmville has the higher median home value ($359,600 vs $277,900 in Gardnertown).

Population, income & housing

	Balmville	Gardnertown
Population	3,725	4,154
Median age	47.3 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$107,204	$112,043
Median home value	$359,600	$277,900
Median gross rent	$1,671	$2,440
Housing units	1,373	1,537
Homeownership rate	74.8%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.7%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Balmville	Gardnertown
Population	3,476 → 3,725 (+7.2%)	4,633 → 4,154 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$79,464 → $107,204 (+34.9%)	$78,793 → $112,043 (+42.2%)
Median home value	$262,800 → $359,600 (+36.8%)	$218,700 → $277,900 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,754 → $1,671 (-4.7%)	$1,234 → $2,440 (+97.7%)

Balmville

Population

3,4763,725

Median household income

$79,464$107,204

Median home value

$262,800$359,600

Median gross rent

$1,754$1,671

Gardnertown

Population

4,6334,154

Median household income

$78,793$112,043

Median home value

$218,700$277,900

Median gross rent

$1,234$2,440

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Balmville	Gardnertown
Under 5	4.1%	8.3%
5 to 17	13.6%	14.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.8%	13.4%
35 to 44	9.2%	17.9%
45 to 54	17.2%	10.7%
55 to 64	17.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.3%	8.8%
75 and over	8.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Balmville	Gardnertown
White (non-Hispanic)	47.0%	55.4%
Black or African American	22.5%	14.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	22.7%	28.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Balmville	Gardnertown
No high school diploma	7.8%	9.0%
High school graduate	34.4%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Balmville	Gardnertown
Drove alone	74.5%	79.7%
Carpooled	5.0%	8.1%
Public transit	6.3%	1.1%
Walked	2.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	7.9%
Other means	0.4%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Balmville	Gardnertown
1-unit, detached	80.3%	96.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Balmville	Gardnertown
Poverty rate	3.7%	9.7%
Average household size	2.81	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	37	33
Median year structure built	1961	1956