With 14,609 people, Glens Falls is a city in New York. 52% of homes are owner-occupied. There are 3,794 people per square mile. The foreign-born share is 4%. The typical home is worth $212,200, having more than doubled since 2000. Households here earn about 21% less than in New York as a whole.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $67,788, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 36.9
US median: 38.9
Average education
34% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 42%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Glens Falls
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$192,486 → $212,200(+10%)US over the same years: +67%
White share97.8% → 87.7%(−10.1 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Hispanic share0.8% → 3.9%(+3.1 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Glens Falls's population equals 22% of Warren County's. Its number of residents 65 and older equals 15% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 32% 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)24.5%(203)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)18.6%(154)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era25.6%(212)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War1.2%(10)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.3%(11)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 827 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
Glens Falls, decade by decade
Glens Falls 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
14,919
$65,551
$192,486
20.4%
5.5
2000
14,354
$55,054
$149,011
17.2%
10.5
2010
14,700
$60,348
$214,059
23.3%
16.0
2020
14,830
$67,263
$191,745
29.6%
29.2
2024
14,609
$67,788
$212,200
33.7%
28.4
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.
