Rotterdam vs Schenectady

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

Rotterdam 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 22,798 in Rotterdam). Rotterdam has the higher median household income ($81,830 vs $56,398 in Schenectady). Rotterdam has the higher median home value ($203,700 vs $152,000 in Schenectady).

Population, income & housing

	Rotterdam	Schenectady
Population	22,798	68,521
Median age	40.2 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,830	$56,398
Median home value	$203,700	$152,000
Median gross rent	$1,212	$1,109
Housing units	10,384	31,342
Homeownership rate	75.7%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rotterdam	Schenectady
Population	20,018 → 22,798 (+13.9%)	65,334 → 68,521 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$65,820 → $81,830 (+24.3%)	$45,438 → $56,398 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$161,400 → $203,700 (+26.2%)	$108,700 → $152,000 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$929 → $1,212 (+30.5%)	$904 → $1,109 (+22.7%)

Rotterdam

Population

20,01822,798

Median household income

$65,820$81,830

Median home value

$161,400$203,700

Median gross rent

$929$1,212

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)

	Rotterdam	Schenectady
Under 5	6.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.3%	14.6%
18 to 24	8.0%	13.4%
25 to 34	13.7%	15.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	11.0%	8.5%
75 and over	7.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rotterdam	Schenectady
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	48.0%
Black or African American	4.7%	19.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	3.2%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	3.3%
Two or more races	3.9%	10.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	13.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rotterdam	Schenectady
No high school diploma	4.0%	14.5%
High school graduate	30.1%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rotterdam	Schenectady
Drove alone	76.4%	67.7%
Carpooled	8.6%	8.9%
Public transit	0.7%	7.9%
Walked	0.3%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.2%	8.8%
Other means	0.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rotterdam	Schenectady
1-unit, detached	75.0%	39.7%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	39.1%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	7.8%
20 or more units	4.3%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Rotterdam	Schenectady
Poverty rate	5.6%	23.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1958	1938