Country Knolls vs Mechanicville

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

Country Knolls and Mechanicville 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 5,143 in Mechanicville). Country Knolls has the higher median household income ($131,813 vs $47,331 in Mechanicville). Country Knolls has the higher median home value ($359,700 vs $185,900 in Mechanicville).

Population, income & housing

	Country Knolls	Mechanicville
Population	5,587	5,143
Median age	45.0 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$131,813	$47,331
Median home value	$359,700	$185,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,066
Housing units	2,186	2,938
Homeownership rate	97.5%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.7%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Country Knolls	Mechanicville
Population	2,119 → 5,587 (+163.7%)	5,107 → 5,143 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$116,875 → $131,813 (+12.8%)	$45,581 → $47,331 (+3.8%)
Median home value	$288,100 → $359,700 (+24.9%)	$170,300 → $185,900 (+9.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,305 → $1,572 (+20.5%)	$821 → $1,066 (+29.8%)

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

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)

	Country Knolls	Mechanicville
Under 5	3.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	20.3%	10.3%
18 to 24	6.6%	11.9%
25 to 34	9.5%	14.9%
35 to 44	9.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	16.2%	15.5%
55 to 64	16.4%	10.2%
65 to 74	7.4%	16.0%
75 and over	10.1%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Country Knolls	Mechanicville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Country Knolls	Mechanicville
No high school diploma	2.3%	9.7%
High school graduate	14.5%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	28.2%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Country Knolls	Mechanicville
Drove alone	77.3%	80.4%
Carpooled	5.7%	9.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	5.1%
Other means	0.7%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Country Knolls	Mechanicville
1-unit, detached	92.2%	22.5%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	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

	Country Knolls	Mechanicville
Poverty rate	1.4%	18.5%
Average household size	2.66	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1979	1946