Ballston Spa vs Country Knolls

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

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

Country Knolls has the higher population (5,587 vs 5,080 in Ballston Spa). Country Knolls has the higher median household income ($131,813 vs $82,341 in Ballston Spa). Country Knolls has the higher median home value ($359,700 vs $281,600 in Ballston Spa).

Population, income & housing

	Ballston Spa	Country Knolls
Population	5,080	5,587
Median age	42.2 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$82,341	$131,813
Median home value	$281,600	$359,700
Median gross rent	$1,075	—
Housing units	2,334	2,186
Homeownership rate	60.6%	97.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.1%	55.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ballston Spa	Country Knolls
Population	5,399 → 5,080 (-5.9%)	2,119 → 5,587 (+163.7%)
Median household income	$63,384 → $82,341 (+29.9%)	$116,875 → $131,813 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$226,200 → $281,600 (+24.5%)	$288,100 → $359,700 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$988 → $1,075 (+8.8%)	$1,305 → $1,572 (+20.5%)

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

Country Knolls

Population

2,1195,587

Median household income

$116,875$131,813

Median home value

$288,100$359,700

Median gross rent

$1,305$1,572

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ballston Spa	Country Knolls
Under 5	2.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	19.9%	20.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	14.8%	9.5%
35 to 44	9.9%	9.8%
45 to 54	14.9%	16.2%
55 to 64	15.7%	16.4%
65 to 74	7.2%	7.4%
75 and over	6.5%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ballston Spa	Country Knolls
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.3%	1.5%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ballston Spa	Country Knolls
No high school diploma	5.2%	2.3%
High school graduate	26.2%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	28.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ballston Spa	Country Knolls
Drove alone	73.5%	77.3%
Carpooled	5.3%	5.7%
Public transit	5.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	15.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ballston Spa	Country Knolls
1-unit, detached	58.4%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	33.0%	1.6%
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	Country Knolls
Poverty rate	8.4%	1.4%
Average household size	2.29	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1938	1979