Ballston Spa vs Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Ballston Spa and Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Ballston Spa and Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ballston Spa has the higher population (5,080 vs 3,601 in Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek). Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek has the higher median household income ($182,976 vs $82,341 in Ballston Spa). Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek has the higher median home value ($371,300 vs $281,600 in Ballston Spa).

Population, income & housing

	Ballston Spa	Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek
Population	5,080	3,601
Median age	42.2 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$82,341	$182,976
Median home value	$281,600	$371,300
Median gross rent	$1,075	—
Housing units	2,334	1,257
Homeownership rate	60.6%	96.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.1%	57.8%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ballston Spa	Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek
Population	5,399 → 5,080 (-5.9%)	3,709 → 3,601 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$63,384 → $82,341 (+29.9%)	$137,000 → $182,976 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$226,200 → $281,600 (+24.5%)	$289,300 → $371,300 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$988 → $1,075 (+8.8%)	—

Ballston Spa

Population

5,3995,080

Median household income

$63,384$82,341

Median home value

$226,200$281,600

Median gross rent

$988$1,075

Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek

Population

3,7093,601

Median household income

$137,000$182,976

Median home value

$289,300$371,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ballston Spa	Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek
Under 5	2.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	19.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	4.2%
25 to 34	14.8%	17.2%
35 to 44	9.9%	10.2%
45 to 54	14.9%	16.3%
55 to 64	15.7%	15.3%
65 to 74	7.2%	7.1%
75 and over	6.5%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ballston Spa	Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	15.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ballston Spa	Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek
No high school diploma	5.2%	2.7%
High school graduate	26.2%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	28.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	29.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ballston Spa	Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek
Drove alone	73.5%	71.9%
Carpooled	5.3%	1.7%
Public transit	5.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	25.6%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ballston Spa	Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek
1-unit, detached	58.4%	97.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	33.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ballston Spa	Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek
Poverty rate	8.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.29	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1938	1966