Mariaville Lake vs Niskayuna

A side-by-side comparison of Mariaville Lake and Niskayuna: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Niskayuna has the higher population (20,774 vs 1,011 in Mariaville Lake). Niskayuna has the higher median household income ($128,346 vs $93,589 in Mariaville Lake). Niskayuna has the higher median home value ($326,600 vs $261,500 in Mariaville Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Mariaville Lake	Niskayuna
Population	1,011	20,774
Median age	38.4 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$93,589	$128,346
Median home value	$261,500	$326,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,528
Housing units	587	8,674
Homeownership rate	73.1%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	65.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mariaville Lake	Niskayuna
Population	358 → 1,011 (+182.4%)	4,895 → 20,774 (+324.4%)
Median household income	$79,286 → $93,589 (+18.0%)	$110,649 → $128,346 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$268,800 → $261,500 (-2.7%)	$219,700 → $326,600 (+48.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,142 → $1,528 (+33.8%)

Mariaville Lake

Population

3581,011

Median household income

$79,286$93,589

Median home value

$268,800$261,500

Niskayuna

Population

4,89520,774

Median household income

$110,649$128,346

Median home value

$219,700$326,600

Median gross rent

$1,142$1,528

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mariaville Lake	Niskayuna
Under 5	7.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	11.5%	19.4%
18 to 24	3.8%	4.0%
25 to 34	25.5%	8.6%
35 to 44	9.4%	15.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	13.3%
55 to 64	22.7%	12.3%
65 to 74	7.9%	12.3%
75 and over	1.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mariaville Lake	Niskayuna
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	75.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	10.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.5%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mariaville Lake	Niskayuna
No high school diploma	5.9%	1.3%
High school graduate	24.3%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	44.0%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	35.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mariaville Lake	Niskayuna
Drove alone	87.8%	72.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	4.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	3.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.9%	18.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mariaville Lake	Niskayuna
1-unit, detached	77.7%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	21.3%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mariaville Lake	Niskayuna
Poverty rate	12.4%	3.0%
Average household size	2.17	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1977	1966