Rensselaer Falls vs Richville

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

Rensselaer Falls and Richville 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 278 in Richville). Rensselaer Falls has the higher median household income ($80,625 vs $49,464 in Richville). Richville has the higher median home value ($99,400 vs $73,600 in Rensselaer Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Rensselaer Falls	Richville
Population	350	278
Median age	34.4 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$80,625	$49,464
Median home value	$73,600	$99,400
Median gross rent	$925	$980
Housing units	130	137
Homeownership rate	83.8%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rensselaer Falls	Richville
Population	440 → 350 (-20.5%)	267 → 278 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$62,727 → $80,625 (+28.5%)	$37,188 → $49,464 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$84,500 → $73,600 (-12.9%)	$80,600 → $99,400 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,018 → $925 (-9.1%)	$1,038 → $980 (-5.6%)

Rensselaer Falls

Population

440350

Median household income

$62,727$80,625

Median home value

$84,500$73,600

Median gross rent

$1,018$925

Richville

Population

267278

Median household income

$37,188$49,464

Median home value

$80,600$99,400

Median gross rent

$1,038$980

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rensselaer Falls	Richville
Under 5	3.1%	9.0%
5 to 17	26.0%	19.8%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	13.4%	12.9%
35 to 44	15.7%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	3.1%	11.2%
75 and over	2.3%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rensselaer Falls	Richville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rensselaer Falls	Richville
No high school diploma	6.4%	15.6%
High school graduate	22.9%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rensselaer Falls	Richville
Drove alone	95.2%	86.4%
Carpooled	4.2%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rensselaer Falls	Richville
1-unit, detached	76.2%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.2%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Rensselaer Falls	Richville
Poverty rate	6.0%	10.4%
Average household size	2.69	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1938	1938