Ballston Spa vs Milton

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

Ballston Spa and Milton 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 4,353 in Milton). Milton has the higher median household income ($103,680 vs $82,341 in Ballston Spa). Milton has the higher median home value ($330,100 vs $281,600 in Ballston Spa).

Population, income & housing

	Ballston Spa	Milton
Population	5,080	4,353
Median age	42.2 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,341	$103,680
Median home value	$281,600	$330,100
Median gross rent	$1,075	$1,881
Housing units	2,334	1,988
Homeownership rate	60.6%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.1%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ballston Spa	Milton
Population	5,399 → 5,080 (-5.9%)	3,194 → 4,353 (+36.3%)
Median household income	$63,384 → $82,341 (+29.9%)	$88,798 → $103,680 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$226,200 → $281,600 (+24.5%)	$230,700 → $330,100 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$988 → $1,075 (+8.8%)	$1,593 → $1,881 (+18.1%)

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

Milton

Population

3,1944,353

Median household income

$88,798$103,680

Median home value

$230,700$330,100

Median gross rent

$1,593$1,881

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ballston Spa	Milton
Under 5	2.9%	2.3%
5 to 17	19.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	14.8%	10.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	8.3%
45 to 54	14.9%	16.4%
55 to 64	15.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	7.2%	15.0%
75 and over	6.5%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ballston Spa	Milton
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	88.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ballston Spa	Milton
No high school diploma	5.2%	5.0%
High school graduate	26.2%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ballston Spa	Milton
Drove alone	73.5%	74.4%
Carpooled	5.3%	13.9%
Public transit	5.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	10.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ballston Spa	Milton
1-unit, detached	58.4%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	33.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	23.2%
20 or more units	2.7%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Ballston Spa	Milton
Poverty rate	8.4%	2.3%
Average household size	2.29	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1938	2001