Mariaville Lake vs Schenectady

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

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

Schenectady has the higher population (68,521 vs 1,011 in Mariaville Lake). Mariaville Lake has the higher median household income ($93,589 vs $56,398 in Schenectady). Mariaville Lake has the higher median home value ($261,500 vs $152,000 in Schenectady).

Population, income & housing

	Mariaville Lake	Schenectady
Population	1,011	68,521
Median age	38.4 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$93,589	$56,398
Median home value	$261,500	$152,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,109
Housing units	587	31,342
Homeownership rate	73.1%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mariaville Lake	Schenectady
Population	358 → 1,011 (+182.4%)	65,334 → 68,521 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$79,286 → $93,589 (+18.0%)	$45,438 → $56,398 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$268,800 → $261,500 (-2.7%)	$108,700 → $152,000 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$904 → $1,109 (+22.7%)

Mariaville Lake

Population

3581,011

Median household income

$79,286$93,589

Median home value

$268,800$261,500

Schenectady

Population

65,33468,521

Median household income

$45,438$56,398

Median home value

$108,700$152,000

Median gross rent

$904$1,109

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mariaville Lake	Schenectady
Under 5	7.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	11.5%	14.6%
18 to 24	3.8%	13.4%
25 to 34	25.5%	15.2%
35 to 44	9.4%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	22.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	7.9%	8.5%
75 and over	1.0%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mariaville Lake	Schenectady
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	48.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	19.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	3.3%
Two or more races	1.5%	10.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	13.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mariaville Lake	Schenectady
No high school diploma	5.9%	14.5%
High school graduate	24.3%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	44.0%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mariaville Lake	Schenectady
Drove alone	87.8%	67.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	7.9%
Walked	4.2%	5.4%
Bicycle	3.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.9%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mariaville Lake	Schenectady
1-unit, detached	77.7%	39.7%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	21.3%	39.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Mariaville Lake	Schenectady
Poverty rate	12.4%	23.1%
Average household size	2.17	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1977	1938