Ballston Spa vs Mechanicville

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

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

Mechanicville has the higher population (5,143 vs 5,080 in Ballston Spa). Ballston Spa has the higher median household income ($82,341 vs $47,331 in Mechanicville). Ballston Spa has the higher median home value ($281,600 vs $185,900 in Mechanicville).

Population, income & housing

	Ballston Spa	Mechanicville
Population	5,080	5,143
Median age	42.2 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$82,341	$47,331
Median home value	$281,600	$185,900
Median gross rent	$1,075	$1,066
Housing units	2,334	2,938
Homeownership rate	60.6%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.1%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ballston Spa	Mechanicville
Population	5,399 → 5,080 (-5.9%)	5,107 → 5,143 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$63,384 → $82,341 (+29.9%)	$45,581 → $47,331 (+3.8%)
Median home value	$226,200 → $281,600 (+24.5%)	$170,300 → $185,900 (+9.2%)
Median gross rent	$988 → $1,075 (+8.8%)	$821 → $1,066 (+29.8%)

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

Mechanicville

Population

5,1075,143

Median household income

$45,581$47,331

Median home value

$170,300$185,900

Median gross rent

$821$1,066

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ballston Spa	Mechanicville
Under 5	2.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	19.9%	10.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	11.9%
25 to 34	14.8%	14.9%
35 to 44	9.9%	10.9%
45 to 54	14.9%	15.5%
55 to 64	15.7%	10.2%
65 to 74	7.2%	16.0%
75 and over	6.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ballston Spa	Mechanicville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.0%
Some other race	4.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ballston Spa	Mechanicville
No high school diploma	5.2%	9.7%
High school graduate	26.2%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ballston Spa	Mechanicville
Drove alone	73.5%	80.4%
Carpooled	5.3%	9.6%
Public transit	5.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	5.1%
Other means	1.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ballston Spa	Mechanicville
1-unit, detached	58.4%	22.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	33.0%	51.1%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	14.9%
20 or more units	2.7%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ballston Spa	Mechanicville
Poverty rate	8.4%	18.5%
Average household size	2.29	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1938	1946