Brushton vs Fort Covington

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

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

Fort Covington has the higher population (1,053 vs 545 in Brushton). Fort Covington has the higher median household income ($54,545 vs $52,120 in Brushton). Fort Covington has the higher median home value ($113,000 vs $105,400 in Brushton).

Population, income & housing

	Brushton	Fort Covington
Population	545	1,053
Median age	27.0 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,120	$54,545
Median home value	$105,400	$113,000
Median gross rent	$646	$820
Housing units	261	516
Homeownership rate	54.0%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brushton	Fort Covington
Population	423 → 545 (+28.8%)	1,390 → 1,053 (-24.2%)
Median household income	$56,167 → $52,120 (-7.2%)	$49,071 → $54,545 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$82,700 → $105,400 (+27.4%)	$83,800 → $113,000 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$661 → $646 (-2.3%)	$770 → $820 (+6.5%)

Brushton

Population

423545

Median household income

$56,167$52,120

Median home value

$82,700$105,400

Median gross rent

$661$646

Fort Covington

Population

1,3901,053

Median household income

$49,071$54,545

Median home value

$83,800$113,000

Median gross rent

$770$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brushton	Fort Covington
Under 5	5.7%	3.3%
5 to 17	22.4%	21.4%
18 to 24	19.1%	6.2%
25 to 34	9.4%	11.2%
35 to 44	22.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	6.1%	15.2%
55 to 64	4.8%	9.4%
65 to 74	5.9%	8.5%
75 and over	4.8%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brushton	Fort Covington
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.9%	3.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brushton	Fort Covington
No high school diploma	5.6%	6.7%
High school graduate	52.1%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brushton	Fort Covington
Drove alone	69.3%	60.0%
Carpooled	23.8%	23.0%
Public transit	2.9%	3.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.2%
Worked from home	4.1%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brushton	Fort Covington
1-unit, detached	56.7%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	17.2%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.4%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Brushton	Fort Covington
Poverty rate	21.8%	15.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1938	1964