Chatham vs Philmont

A side-by-side comparison of Chatham and Philmont: population, income, housing, and more.

Chatham and Philmont are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chatham has the higher population (1,594 vs 1,575 in Philmont). Chatham has the higher median household income ($86,625 vs $62,972 in Philmont). Chatham has the higher median home value ($306,300 vs $215,700 in Philmont).

Population, income & housing

	Chatham	Philmont
Population	1,594	1,575
Median age	48.6 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$86,625	$62,972
Median home value	$306,300	$215,700
Median gross rent	$1,034	$1,036
Housing units	904	744
Homeownership rate	48.3%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.7%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chatham	Philmont
Population	1,625 → 1,594 (-1.9%)	1,123 → 1,575 (+40.2%)
Median household income	$49,356 → $86,625 (+75.5%)	$50,472 → $62,972 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$226,200 → $306,300 (+35.4%)	$149,000 → $215,700 (+44.8%)
Median gross rent	$897 → $1,034 (+15.3%)	$842 → $1,036 (+23.0%)

Chatham

Population

1,6251,594

Median household income

$49,356$86,625

Median home value

$226,200$306,300

Median gross rent

$897$1,034

Philmont

Population

1,1231,575

Median household income

$50,472$62,972

Median home value

$149,000$215,700

Median gross rent

$842$1,036

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chatham	Philmont
Under 5	1.9%	12.7%
5 to 17	11.3%	9.5%
18 to 24	10.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	16.6%	17.7%
35 to 44	2.8%	6.4%
45 to 54	24.0%	10.2%
55 to 64	13.0%	20.3%
65 to 74	13.9%	8.1%
75 and over	6.6%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chatham	Philmont
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	78.6%
Black or African American	1.3%	15.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.7%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chatham	Philmont
No high school diploma	4.5%	3.5%
High school graduate	25.4%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	22.9%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chatham	Philmont
Drove alone	81.0%	70.7%
Carpooled	5.3%	17.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	12.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chatham	Philmont
1-unit, detached	45.9%	50.5%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	42.0%	33.3%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	6.3%
20 or more units	3.9%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Chatham	Philmont
Poverty rate	8.3%	8.9%
Average household size	2.03	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1938	1938