Cohoes is home to 18,159 people in New York. 39% of homes are owner-occupied. 25.9% of locals live below the federal poverty line. Density works out to 4,813 people per square mile. That trails the New York median by roughly 29%. The typical home is worth $223,400, having more than doubled since 2000.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $61,145, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 38.6
US median: 38.9
Less educated
28% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 46%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Cohoes
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate13.1% → 25.9%(+12.7 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Black share0.4% → 7.5%(+7.1 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Homes owned by their occupants45.2% → 39.5%(−5.7 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Cohoes's population equals 5.7% of Albany County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 11% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 3.4% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)16%(133)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)15.8%(131)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era26.8%(222)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War6.4%(53)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II2.5%(21)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 829 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Cohoes, decade by decade
Cohoes population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
16,825
$58,367
$215,766
10.1%
5.0
2000
15,521
$59,852
$152,655
15.6%
14.5
2010
16,168
$59,619
$208,737
18.1%
27.2
2020
18,147
$66,985
$207,259
24.5%
48.3
2024
18,159
$61,145
$223,400
27.6%
54.2
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
