Galway vs North Ballston Spa

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

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

North Ballston Spa has the higher population (1,207 vs 187 in Galway). North Ballston Spa has the higher median household income ($86,917 vs $73,438 in Galway). North Ballston Spa has the higher median home value ($229,900 vs $215,400 in Galway).

Population, income & housing

	Galway	North Ballston Spa
Population	187	1,207
Median age	42.3 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$73,438	$86,917
Median home value	$215,400	$229,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,652
Housing units	82	598
Homeownership rate	68.4%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.1%	30.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galway	North Ballston Spa
Population	254 → 187 (-26.4%)	1,165 → 1,207 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$62,045 → $73,438 (+18.4%)	$61,354 → $86,917 (+41.7%)
Median home value	$160,000 → $215,400 (+34.6%)	$188,900 → $229,900 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $1,260 (+51.3%)	$842 → $1,652 (+96.2%)

Galway

Population

254187

Median household income

$62,045$73,438

Median home value

$160,000$215,400

Median gross rent

$833$1,260

North Ballston Spa

Population

1,1651,207

Median household income

$61,354$86,917

Median home value

$188,900$229,900

Median gross rent

$842$1,652

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galway	North Ballston Spa
Under 5	4.3%	3.0%
5 to 17	24.6%	12.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.6%	9.1%
35 to 44	15.5%	19.1%
45 to 54	2.7%	7.4%
55 to 64	18.2%	13.0%
65 to 74	20.3%	14.1%
75 and over	4.8%	22.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galway	North Ballston Spa
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galway	North Ballston Spa
No high school diploma	7.5%	5.5%
High school graduate	21.8%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	40.6%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galway	North Ballston Spa
Drove alone	70.8%	85.5%
Carpooled	3.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.0%	14.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galway	North Ballston Spa
1-unit, detached	79.3%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Galway	North Ballston Spa
Poverty rate	2.7%	1.7%
Average household size	2.37	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1938	1965