Chatham vs Valatie

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

Chatham and Valatie 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 1,579 in Valatie). Valatie has the higher median household income ($99,632 vs $86,625 in Chatham). Chatham has the higher median home value ($306,300 vs $304,600 in Valatie).

Population, income & housing

	Chatham	Valatie
Population	1,594	1,579
Median age	48.6 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$86,625	$99,632
Median home value	$306,300	$304,600
Median gross rent	$1,034	$927
Housing units	904	697
Homeownership rate	48.3%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.7%	34.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chatham	Valatie
Population	1,625 → 1,594 (-1.9%)	1,626 → 1,579 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$49,356 → $86,625 (+75.5%)	$61,953 → $99,632 (+60.8%)
Median home value	$226,200 → $306,300 (+35.4%)	$203,900 → $304,600 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$897 → $1,034 (+15.3%)	$741 → $927 (+25.1%)

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

Valatie

Population

1,6261,579

Median household income

$61,953$99,632

Median home value

$203,900$304,600

Median gross rent

$741$927

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chatham	Valatie
Under 5	1.9%	2.7%
5 to 17	11.3%	13.9%
18 to 24	10.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	16.6%	11.5%
35 to 44	2.8%	7.3%
45 to 54	24.0%	16.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	13.9%	14.6%
75 and over	6.6%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chatham	Valatie
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	86.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	3.1%	1.4%
Two or more races	9.7%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chatham	Valatie
No high school diploma	4.5%	8.9%
High school graduate	25.4%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	22.9%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chatham	Valatie
Drove alone	81.0%	85.4%
Carpooled	5.3%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	2.8%
Walked	2.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chatham	Valatie
1-unit, detached	45.9%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	42.0%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	2.2%
20 or more units	3.9%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chatham	Valatie
Poverty rate	8.3%	3.9%
Average household size	2.03	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1938	1978