Hammond vs Rensselaer Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Hammond and Rensselaer Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rensselaer Falls has the higher population (350 vs 317 in Hammond). Rensselaer Falls has the higher median household income ($80,625 vs $52,833 in Hammond). Hammond has the higher median home value ($93,800 vs $73,600 in Rensselaer Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Hammond	Rensselaer Falls
Population	317	350
Median age	45.8 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,833	$80,625
Median home value	$93,800	$73,600
Median gross rent	$792	$925
Housing units	170	130
Homeownership rate	48.6%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hammond	Rensselaer Falls
Population	201 → 317 (+57.7%)	440 → 350 (-20.5%)
Median household income	$32,500 → $52,833 (+62.6%)	$62,727 → $80,625 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$59,000 → $93,800 (+59.0%)	$84,500 → $73,600 (-12.9%)
Median gross rent	$508 → $792 (+55.9%)	$1,018 → $925 (-9.1%)

Hammond

Population

201317

Median household income

$32,500$52,833

Median home value

$59,000$93,800

Median gross rent

$508$792

Rensselaer Falls

Population

440350

Median household income

$62,727$80,625

Median home value

$84,500$73,600

Median gross rent

$1,018$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hammond	Rensselaer Falls
Under 5	8.5%	3.1%
5 to 17	17.4%	26.0%
18 to 24	4.1%	8.6%
25 to 34	9.1%	13.4%
35 to 44	6.9%	15.7%
45 to 54	18.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.9%
65 to 74	16.7%	3.1%
75 and over	6.3%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hammond	Rensselaer Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hammond	Rensselaer Falls
No high school diploma	11.3%	6.4%
High school graduate	33.3%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hammond	Rensselaer Falls
Drove alone	73.2%	95.2%
Carpooled	2.7%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	0.0%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hammond	Rensselaer Falls
1-unit, detached	70.6%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Hammond	Rensselaer Falls
Poverty rate	26.0%	6.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1940	1938