What is the population of Niskayuna CDP?

Niskayuna CDP has 20,774 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #79 of 1,292 in New York.

What is the median household income in Niskayuna CDP?

Median household income in Niskayuna CDP is $128,346 a year, 63.4% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Niskayuna CDP?

Median gross rent is $1,528 a month and the median home value is $326,600, so rent absorbs about 14.3% of median household income.

Is Niskayuna CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Niskayuna CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Niskayuna, NY population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Niskayuna, New York (Niskayuna, NY — Census place “Niskayuna CDP”) is 20,774 residents, ranking #79 of 1292 places in New York. Median household income is $128,346, the median home is worth $326,600 and median gross rent runs $1,528 a month. Looking for the Niskayuna New York ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Niskayuna, NY: 12304, 12309.

Population: 20,774Niskayuna CDP residents
Median household income: $128,346Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $326,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,528Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 82.4%Owner-occupied households

Niskayuna ZIP codes (New York)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Niskayuna.

The Niskayuna NY ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Niskayuna CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Niskayuna CDP median would spend about 14.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 3% of residents and 82.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Niskayuna CDP, NY in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Niskayuna CDP is a mid-size town in New York, with 20,774 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #79 of 1,292 ranked by population — larger than 93% of them. The median age here is 42.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Niskayuna CDP earn a median of $128,346 a year, 63.4% above the national figure of $78,538 and 40% above the $91,806 median for the 847 New York cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 3% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Niskayuna CDP is valued at $326,600, 7.6% above the national figure and 3% above the $315,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,528 a month, 8.7% above the national figure, or roughly $18,336 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 82.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Niskayuna CDP?: Niskayuna CDP has 20,774 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #79 of 1,292 in New York.
What is the median household income in Niskayuna CDP?: Median household income in Niskayuna CDP is $128,346 a year, 63.4% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Niskayuna CDP?: Median gross rent is $1,528 a month and the median home value is $326,600, so rent absorbs about 14.3% of median household income.
Is Niskayuna CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Niskayuna CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Niskayuna CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.