Mechanicville vs Milton

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

Mechanicville and Milton 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 4,353 in Milton). Milton has the higher median household income ($103,680 vs $47,331 in Mechanicville). Milton has the higher median home value ($330,100 vs $185,900 in Mechanicville).

Population, income & housing

	Mechanicville	Milton
Population	5,143	4,353
Median age	43.0 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,331	$103,680
Median home value	$185,900	$330,100
Median gross rent	$1,066	$1,881
Housing units	2,938	1,988
Homeownership rate	38.7%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mechanicville	Milton
Population	5,107 → 5,143 (+0.7%)	3,194 → 4,353 (+36.3%)
Median household income	$45,581 → $47,331 (+3.8%)	$88,798 → $103,680 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$170,300 → $185,900 (+9.2%)	$230,700 → $330,100 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$821 → $1,066 (+29.8%)	$1,593 → $1,881 (+18.1%)

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

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)

	Mechanicville	Milton
Under 5	4.8%	2.3%
5 to 17	10.3%	16.4%
18 to 24	11.9%	8.3%
25 to 34	14.9%	10.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	8.3%
45 to 54	15.5%	16.4%
55 to 64	10.2%	12.7%
65 to 74	16.0%	15.0%
75 and over	5.5%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mechanicville	Milton
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	88.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mechanicville	Milton
No high school diploma	9.7%	5.0%
High school graduate	36.9%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mechanicville	Milton
Drove alone	80.4%	74.4%
Carpooled	9.6%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.7%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	10.7%
Other means	4.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mechanicville	Milton
1-unit, detached	22.5%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	51.1%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	23.2%
20 or more units	7.7%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Mechanicville	Milton
Poverty rate	18.5%	2.3%
Average household size	1.93	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1946	2001