Mechanicville vs Saratoga Springs

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

Mechanicville and Saratoga Springs are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Saratoga Springs has the higher population (28,542 vs 5,143 in Mechanicville). Saratoga Springs has the higher median household income ($100,485 vs $47,331 in Mechanicville). Saratoga Springs has the higher median home value ($445,100 vs $185,900 in Mechanicville).

Population, income & housing

	Mechanicville	Saratoga Springs
Population	5,143	28,542
Median age	43.0 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,331	$100,485
Median home value	$185,900	$445,100
Median gross rent	$1,066	$1,439
Housing units	2,938	14,813
Homeownership rate	38.7%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	58.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mechanicville	Saratoga Springs
Population	5,107 → 5,143 (+0.7%)	27,943 → 28,542 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$45,581 → $47,331 (+3.8%)	$82,816 → $100,485 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$170,300 → $185,900 (+9.2%)	$365,900 → $445,100 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	$821 → $1,066 (+29.8%)	$1,293 → $1,439 (+11.3%)

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

Saratoga Springs

Population

27,94328,542

Median household income

$82,816$100,485

Median home value

$365,900$445,100

Median gross rent

$1,293$1,439

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mechanicville	Saratoga Springs
Under 5	4.8%	3.8%
5 to 17	10.3%	10.3%
18 to 24	11.9%	12.2%
25 to 34	14.9%	12.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.7%
45 to 54	15.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	10.2%	14.5%
65 to 74	16.0%	11.3%
75 and over	5.5%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mechanicville	Saratoga Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mechanicville	Saratoga Springs
No high school diploma	9.7%	4.3%
High school graduate	36.9%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	31.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	27.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mechanicville	Saratoga Springs
Drove alone	80.4%	64.8%
Carpooled	9.6%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.7%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.1%	22.5%
Other means	4.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mechanicville	Saratoga Springs
1-unit, detached	22.5%	49.1%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	51.1%	18.8%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	9.8%
20 or more units	7.7%	14.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Mechanicville	Saratoga Springs
Poverty rate	18.5%	10.3%
Average household size	1.93	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1946	1974