Rensselaer Falls vs Winthrop

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

Rensselaer Falls and Winthrop 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 332 in Winthrop). Winthrop has the higher median household income ($87,778 vs $80,625 in Rensselaer Falls). Since 2019, Winthrop's population has grown faster (+115.6% vs -20.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Rensselaer Falls	Winthrop
Population	350	332
Median age	34.4 yrs	54.2 yrs
Median household income	$80,625	$87,778
Median home value	$73,600	—
Median gross rent	$925	—
Housing units	130	188
Homeownership rate	83.8%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rensselaer Falls	Winthrop
Population	440 → 350 (-20.5%)	154 → 332 (+115.6%)
Median household income	$62,727 → $80,625 (+28.5%)	$119,083 → $87,778 (-26.3%)
Median home value	$84,500 → $73,600 (-12.9%)	$108,800 → $119,600 (+9.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,018 → $925 (-9.1%)	—

Rensselaer Falls

Population

440350

Median household income

$62,727$80,625

Median home value

$84,500$73,600

Median gross rent

$1,018$925

Winthrop

Population

154332

Median household income

$119,083$87,778

Median home value

$108,800$119,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rensselaer Falls	Winthrop
Under 5	3.1%	9.0%
5 to 17	26.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	8.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	9.9%
35 to 44	15.7%	22.6%
45 to 54	12.9%	16.9%
55 to 64	14.9%	16.3%
65 to 74	3.1%	2.4%
75 and over	2.3%	22.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rensselaer Falls	Winthrop
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rensselaer Falls	Winthrop
No high school diploma	6.4%	7.6%
High school graduate	22.9%	5.0%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	29.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rensselaer Falls	Winthrop
Drove alone	95.2%	94.3%
Carpooled	4.2%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rensselaer Falls	Winthrop
1-unit, detached	76.2%	93.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rensselaer Falls	Winthrop
Poverty rate	6.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.69	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	1938	1959