North Ballston Spa vs Stillwater

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

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

Stillwater has the higher population (1,876 vs 1,207 in North Ballston Spa). North Ballston Spa has the higher median household income ($86,917 vs $80,234 in Stillwater). Stillwater has the higher median home value ($243,800 vs $229,900 in North Ballston Spa).

Population, income & housing

	North Ballston Spa	Stillwater
Population	1,207	1,876
Median age	51.9 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$86,917	$80,234
Median home value	$229,900	$243,800
Median gross rent	$1,652	$1,018
Housing units	598	911
Homeownership rate	85.7%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Ballston Spa	Stillwater
Population	1,165 → 1,207 (+3.6%)	1,943 → 1,876 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$61,354 → $86,917 (+41.7%)	$84,018 → $80,234 (-4.5%)
Median home value	$188,900 → $229,900 (+21.7%)	$202,100 → $243,800 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$842 → $1,652 (+96.2%)	$1,004 → $1,018 (+1.4%)

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

Stillwater

Population

1,9431,876

Median household income

$84,018$80,234

Median home value

$202,100$243,800

Median gross rent

$1,004$1,018

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Ballston Spa	Stillwater
Under 5	3.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	12.1%	11.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	9.1%	20.8%
35 to 44	19.1%	9.2%
45 to 54	7.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	16.1%
65 to 74	14.1%	9.1%
75 and over	22.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Ballston Spa	Stillwater
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	84.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Ballston Spa	Stillwater
No high school diploma	5.5%	13.4%
High school graduate	22.6%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Ballston Spa	Stillwater
Drove alone	85.5%	78.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Ballston Spa	Stillwater
1-unit, detached	88.6%	55.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	30.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	North Ballston Spa	Stillwater
Poverty rate	1.7%	10.7%
Average household size	2.06	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1965	1975