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42.91° N · 73.81° W · GEOID 3618542

Country Knolls

Saratoga County, New York · part of the Albany, NY metro

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The short answer

Country Knolls is home to 5,445 people. Median household income is $143,036 a year and median rent is $1,196 a month, 10.0% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $383,700, about 2.7x annual median household income.

What sets Country Knolls apart is how tight household budgets are. The median rent takes 10% of the median household's income, a smaller share than in 98% of places its size. It is the 2nd-lowest of 340 New York places we track. Also notable: Household income rose 4.1% a year while rent rose -2.9% between the 2021 and 2024 surveys, pay gained on rent more than in 93% of places its size.

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CTXCitytistics Index

Exceptional

Country Knolls scores better than 98% of the 6,612 places we rate, and ranks 4th of 340 in New York.

How the CTX is built

Category ratings · 0 to 100, typical place 50

Affordability 20%92
Economy 20%87
Safety 20%n/a
Amenities 15%27
Education 10%88
Commute 10%75
Growth 5%n/a

Not rated: safety, growth, for want of data (the city police department does not report a full year to the FBI). The other weights are spread over the categories rated.

Median gross rent
$1,196
12% below the median place
Median household income
$143,036
78% above the median place
Median home value
$383,700
20% above the median place
Unemployment
3.3%
33% below the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Country Knolls

  • Affordability0% of renter households spend 30% or more of income on rent, a lower share than in 99% of the 2,214 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the lowest of 309 New York places we track.
  • Housing97% of homes are owner-occupied, more than in 99% of the 2,476 places under 10,000 people we track.
01

Moving to Country Knolls

Saratoga County gains about 1.9 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in10,579
Moved out10,191
Net+388

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Within New York, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within New YorkOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$88K
Leavers$79K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Saratoga County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
5.5% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 1.4% from another state. County figure.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Saratoga County report $88,200 a year in income on average; those leaving, $78,900, so newcomers earn more than leavers.
Income you would need
$47,800 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $1,196 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $2,174 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $383,700.
Getting to work
21 minutes each way on average; 18.7% work from home.
If it is close but not quite
Tyrone, GA matches it on character. Compare the two
Income of households moving in7
$88,230
25% above the median place
Moved from another state1
1.4%
27% below the median place
Income of households moving out7
$78,946
12% above the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasureCountry KnollsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year1County figure5.5%4% below
Moved from another state1County figure1.4%27% below
Net movers per 1,000 people7County figure1.9above (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in7County figure$88,23025% above
Income of households moving out7County figure$78,94612% above
02

What it costs to live here

Rent is about 29% lower than we would expect for a place with these incomes, education levels, housing age and household types in the same metro area. That can mean good value, or drawbacks these figures do not capture, such as crime, schools or location.

Country Knolls10.0%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$47,840
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
10.0%
51% below the median place
Home price to income
2.7x
29% below the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
10%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$130,000
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Country Knolls, $1,196 a month, and local prices for everything else (99.0 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

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Renters paying 30%+1
0.0%
below the median place (median 50.6%)
Homeownership1
97.4%
47% above the median place
Property tax paid (median)1
$5,955
82% above the median place
All 16 cost and housing measures
MeasureCountry KnollsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$1,19612% below
Rent to income110.0%51% below
Property tax rate11.6%70% above
Home price to income12.7x29% below
Prices vs US average2Metro figure99.61% below
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$1,7116% above
HUD area median income4County figure$123,10015% above
Property tax paid (median)1$5,95582% above
Median home value1$383,70020% above
Home prices, 1-year change5County figure6.7%111% above
Home prices, 5-year change5County figure52.1%1% above
Homeownership197.4%47% above
Renters paying 30%+10.0%below (median 50.6%)
Owner costs with a mortgage1$2,17416% above
Vacant homes1County figure9.1%29% above
Median year built119800% above
03

Work and pay

Commutes by transit is 0.0%, below the median place (median 0.8%).

Commutes by transit1
0.0%
below the median place (median 0.8%)
Poverty rate1
1.4%
87% below the median place
Median household income1
$143,036
78% above the median place

More on work and pay, against the typical place

Income per person$60,278 +50%
Mean commute21 min −15%
Works from home18.7% +51%
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureCountry KnollsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$143,03678% above
Income per person1$60,27850% above
Unemployment1County figure3.3%33% below
Average annual pay6County figure$69,2445% above
Pay growth, 1 year6County figure2.3%38% below
Jobs6County figure93,94538% below
Poverty rate11.4%87% below
Mean commute121 min15% below
Works from home118.7%51% above
Commutes by transit10.0%below (median 0.8%)
04

Who lives here

1.4% of residents live below the poverty line, fewer than in 99% of the 2,082 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the 2nd-lowest of 298 New York places we track.

Homes with broadband1
98.4%
7% above the median place
High school or higher1
97.7%
6% above the median place
Bachelor's or higher1
58.8%
83% above the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

Median age44.9 +15%
Born abroad3.6% −59%
Household size2.6 +3%
All 8 people measures
MeasureCountry KnollsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population15,4456314th largest
Median age144.915% above
Bachelor's or higher158.8%83% above
High school or higher197.7%6% above
Household size12.63% above
Born abroad13.6%59% below
No health insurance1County figure2.6%59% below
Homes with broadband198.4%7% above
05

Life in Country Knolls

The nearest National Park Service site is Saratoga National Historical Park, about 11 miles away.

84 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places, 9 of them National Historic Landmarks. Its history on Wikipedia

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents9.2 −10%
Playgrounds per 10k0.0 −100%
Grocery stores per 10k0.0 −100%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k3.7 −67%
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails8 km 3.9×
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.0 −100%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

National Park Service sites nearby

  • Saratoga National Historical Park 11 miles
  • Martin Van Buren National Historic Site 38 miles
  • Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site 77 miles

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars21.9 +5%
Shops28.8 −5%
Arts, recreation and fitness6.4 +56%
Doctors' offices and clinics17.7 −12%
Child care centers3.4 +48%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Nearest National Park Service site10
10.6
66% below the median place
Students per teacher12
12.2
21% below the median place
Child care centers per 10k8
3.4
48% above the median place
All 18 schools and local life measures
MeasureCountry KnollsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools12County figure50above (median 9)
Public school students12County figure30,097above (median 4,897)
Students per teacher12County figure12.221% below
Restaurants and bars per 10k8County figure21.95% above
Shops per 10k8County figure28.85% below
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k8County figure6.456% above
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k8County figure17.712% below
Child care centers per 10k8County figure3.448% above
Parks per 10k99.210% below
Playgrounds per 10k90.0below (median 9.4)
Grocery stores per 10k90.0below (median 2.1)
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k93.767% below
Libraries per 10k90.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails97.8290% above
Transit stops per sq mi90.0below (median 0.2)
Nearest National Park Service site1010.666% below
National Park Service sites within 60 miles1020% above
National Register listings11County figure84above (median 13)
06

Safety, weather and risk

Good air days is 96.3%, 41% above the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Country Knolls. Larger places are fetched first.

Good air days15
96.3%
41% above the median place
Median air quality index15
34
21% below the median place
January average low13
12°F
52% below the median place
All 11 weather and risk measures
MeasureCountry KnollsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high13County figure81°F7% below
January average low13County figure12°F52% below
Average temperature13County figure46°F15% below
Annual precipitation13County figure44.9 in3% above
Natural hazard risk14County figure73.021% below
Hurricane risk14County figure77.710% above
Tornado risk14County figure69.914% below
Wildfire risk14County figure37.439% below
Heat wave risk14County figure59.534% below
Median air quality index15County figure3421% below
Good air days15County figure96.3%41% above
08

Country Knolls in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 10% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 10% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases. On projected 2030 affordability, Country Knolls does better than 92% of places. Its projected home value growth beats 16%.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$1,196/mo (2024)$1,460/mo$1,200 to $1,780/mo+3.4%
Median household income$143,036 (2024)$180,500$152,500 to $213,500+3.9%
Median home value$383,700 (2024)$537,000$390,000 to $740,000+5.8%

The median home would be worth 3.0 years of the median income in 2030, against 2.7 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Country Knolls

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Tyrone, GA$1,191$135,691Compare
Winfield, IL$1,493$135,795Compare
Haddon Heights, NJ$1,166$133,125Compare
Dardenne Prairie, MO$1,444$152,500Compare
Dardenne Prairie, MOHaddon Heights, NJWinfield, ILTyrone, GACountry Knolls, NYCountry KnollsTyroneWinfieldHaddon HeightsDardenne PrairieCountry KnollsTyroneWinfieldDardenne Prairie

Places built like Country Knolls

Its statistical peers: the closest matches on size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, origin and remote work, in the same part of the country. Cost and outcomes are left out of the match, so the table shows how Country Knolls performs against places like it.

PlaceRent to incomeIncome growthPop. change
Country Knolls, NY10.0%4.1%/yrn/a
Whitfield, PA14.0%9.7%/yrn/aCompare
Linwood, NJ16.8%7.5%/yr1.3%Compare
Wescosville, PA13.7%10.0%/yrn/aCompare
Gananda, NY11.2%4.1%/yrn/aCompare
Ledgewood, NJ19.3%8.2%/yrn/aCompare
Dorneyville, PA18.0%6.3%/yrn/aCompare

Common questions

Is Country Knolls a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Its Citytistics Index is 98 out of 100, better than 98% of the places we rate and 4th of 340 in New York. 0% of renter households spend 30% or more of income on rent, a lower share than in 99% of the 2,214 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the lowest of 309 New York places we track. 97% of homes are owner-occupied, more than in 99% of the 2,476 places under 10,000 people we track. On cost, space and class size it scores 100 out of 100 for families. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Country Knolls expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 10.0% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a lighter load here than usual. The median home is valued at $383,700.

What salary do you need to live in Country Knolls?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $47,840 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Country Knolls?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Tyrone, GA, Winfield, IL, Haddon Heights, NJ and Dardenne Prairie, MO.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  8. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  9. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  10. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  11. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  12. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  13. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  14. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  15. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Country Knolls with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Country Knolls itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/country-knolls-new-york

Citytistics. “Country Knolls, New York.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/country-knolls-new-york/

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