Brushton vs Chateaugay

A side-by-side comparison of Brushton and Chateaugay: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chateaugay has the higher population (798 vs 545 in Brushton). Chateaugay has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $52,120 in Brushton). Chateaugay has the higher median home value ($122,100 vs $105,400 in Brushton).

Population, income & housing

	Brushton	Chateaugay
Population	545	798
Median age	27.0 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,120	$78,750
Median home value	$105,400	$122,100
Median gross rent	$646	$865
Housing units	261	398
Homeownership rate	54.0%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brushton	Chateaugay
Population	423 → 545 (+28.8%)	745 → 798 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$56,167 → $52,120 (-7.2%)	$44,453 → $78,750 (+77.2%)
Median home value	$82,700 → $105,400 (+27.4%)	$83,900 → $122,100 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$661 → $646 (-2.3%)	$672 → $865 (+28.7%)

Brushton

Population

423545

Median household income

$56,167$52,120

Median home value

$82,700$105,400

Median gross rent

$661$646

Chateaugay

Population

745798

Median household income

$44,453$78,750

Median home value

$83,900$122,100

Median gross rent

$672$865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brushton	Chateaugay
Under 5	5.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	22.4%	18.2%
18 to 24	19.1%	10.0%
25 to 34	9.4%	9.1%
35 to 44	22.0%	12.0%
45 to 54	6.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	4.8%	20.8%
65 to 74	5.9%	5.8%
75 and over	4.8%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brushton	Chateaugay
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	86.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	12.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brushton	Chateaugay
No high school diploma	5.6%	10.9%
High school graduate	52.1%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brushton	Chateaugay
Drove alone	69.3%	86.4%
Carpooled	23.8%	9.2%
Public transit	2.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brushton	Chateaugay
1-unit, detached	56.7%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	17.2%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	13.4%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Brushton	Chateaugay
Poverty rate	21.8%	20.6%
Average household size	2.53	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1938	1938