Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek vs Mechanicville

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

Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek 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 3,601 in Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek). Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek has the higher median household income ($182,976 vs $47,331 in Mechanicville). Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek has the higher median home value ($371,300 vs $185,900 in Mechanicville).

Population, income & housing

	Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek	Mechanicville
Population	3,601	5,143
Median age	43.3 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$182,976	$47,331
Median home value	$371,300	$185,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,066
Housing units	1,257	2,938
Homeownership rate	96.2%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.8%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek	Mechanicville
Population	3,709 → 3,601 (-2.9%)	5,107 → 5,143 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$137,000 → $182,976 (+33.6%)	$45,581 → $47,331 (+3.8%)
Median home value	$289,300 → $371,300 (+28.3%)	$170,300 → $185,900 (+9.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$821 → $1,066 (+29.8%)

Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek

Population

3,7093,601

Median household income

$137,000$182,976

Median home value

$289,300$371,300

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)

	Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek	Mechanicville
Under 5	5.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.4%	10.3%
18 to 24	4.2%	11.9%
25 to 34	17.2%	14.9%
35 to 44	10.2%	10.9%
45 to 54	16.3%	15.5%
55 to 64	15.3%	10.2%
65 to 74	7.1%	16.0%
75 and over	7.9%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek	Mechanicville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	15.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek	Mechanicville
No high school diploma	2.7%	9.7%
High school graduate	16.4%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.5%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	29.4%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek	Mechanicville
Drove alone	71.9%	80.4%
Carpooled	1.7%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.6%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek	Mechanicville
1-unit, detached	97.4%	22.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	51.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek	Mechanicville
Poverty rate	0.0%	18.5%
Average household size	3.11	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1966	1946