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Mechanicville city, Saratoga County, NY

5,124 Population
0.8 square miles 6,108.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±4.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Saratoga County: 43.6 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,855 ±$3,802 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Saratoga County: $57,380 ±$1,518
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,675 ±$5,535 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Saratoga County: $100,787 ±$3,028
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.1% ±5.1% (926  ±260) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Saratoga County: 7.1% 16,557 (±0.6% / ±1,413)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.9 minutes ±3.4 (63,645  ±11,619) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Saratoga County: 25.5 2,578,845 (±0.8 / ±90,139)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,559 ±175 Number of households
  • Saratoga County: 101,911 ±833
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (5,124  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Saratoga County: 2.3 234,169 (±0 / ±97)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7% ±6.8% (89  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Saratoga County: 4.7% † 2,428 (±0.7% / ±368)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,798 ±201 Number of housing units
  • Saratoga County: 112,109 ±101
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$186,500 ±$35,552 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Saratoga County: $348,600 ±$4,655
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.9% ±4.6% (544  ±229.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Saratoga County: 10.3% 24,176 (±0.7% / ±1,703.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.3% ±10.6% (3,148  ±420) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Saratoga County: 94.6% 164,762 (±1.7% / ±2,899.6)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.2% ±6.6% (837  ±243) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Saratoga County: 45.4% 79,075 (±1.2% / ±2,010.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.7% ±3.1% (188  ±161) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Saratoga County: 5.5% 13,050
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.5% ±3.6% (389  ±148) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Saratoga County: 6.7% 12,878 (±0.4% / ±716)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
389 Total veterans ±148 351 Male ±147 38 Female ±45

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