Rensselaer vs Wynantskill

A side-by-side comparison of Rensselaer and Wynantskill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rensselaer has the higher population (9,247 vs 3,675 in Wynantskill). Wynantskill has the higher median household income ($107,045 vs $66,046 in Rensselaer). Wynantskill has the higher median home value ($286,900 vs $202,600 in Rensselaer).

Population, income & housing

	Rensselaer	Wynantskill
Population	9,247	3,675
Median age	38.9 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,046	$107,045
Median home value	$202,600	$286,900
Median gross rent	$1,180	$1,202
Housing units	4,943	1,685
Homeownership rate	44.9%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rensselaer	Wynantskill
Population	9,259 → 9,247 (-0.1%)	3,154 → 3,675 (+16.5%)
Median household income	$55,912 → $66,046 (+18.1%)	$70,565 → $107,045 (+51.7%)
Median home value	$143,300 → $202,600 (+41.4%)	$185,700 → $286,900 (+54.5%)
Median gross rent	$965 → $1,180 (+22.3%)	$820 → $1,202 (+46.6%)

Rensselaer

Population

9,2599,247

Median household income

$55,912$66,046

Median home value

$143,300$202,600

Median gross rent

$965$1,180

Wynantskill

Population

3,1543,675

Median household income

$70,565$107,045

Median home value

$185,700$286,900

Median gross rent

$820$1,202

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rensselaer	Wynantskill
Under 5	6.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.1%	15.6%
18 to 24	5.0%	4.1%
25 to 34	20.7%	13.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	13.4%
55 to 64	14.1%	16.7%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.8%
75 and over	6.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rensselaer	Wynantskill
White (non-Hispanic)	68.4%	87.3%
Black or African American	7.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	9.3%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rensselaer	Wynantskill
No high school diploma	10.7%	2.0%
High school graduate	30.4%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rensselaer	Wynantskill
Drove alone	65.8%	72.8%
Carpooled	12.3%	6.1%
Public transit	5.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	20.4%
Other means	1.3%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rensselaer	Wynantskill
1-unit, detached	33.8%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	35.0%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	5.3%
20 or more units	11.7%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Rensselaer	Wynantskill
Poverty rate	19.6%	4.4%
Average household size	2.08	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1964	1958