Chateaugay vs Fort Covington

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

Chateaugay 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 798 in Chateaugay). Chateaugay has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $54,545 in Fort Covington). Chateaugay has the higher median home value ($122,100 vs $113,000 in Fort Covington).

Population, income & housing

	Chateaugay	Fort Covington
Population	798	1,053
Median age	39.9 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$54,545
Median home value	$122,100	$113,000
Median gross rent	$865	$820
Housing units	398	516
Homeownership rate	72.1%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chateaugay	Fort Covington
Population	745 → 798 (+7.1%)	1,390 → 1,053 (-24.2%)
Median household income	$44,453 → $78,750 (+77.2%)	$49,071 → $54,545 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$83,900 → $122,100 (+45.5%)	$83,800 → $113,000 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $865 (+28.7%)	$770 → $820 (+6.5%)

Chateaugay

Population

745798

Median household income

$44,453$78,750

Median home value

$83,900$122,100

Median gross rent

$672$865

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)

	Chateaugay	Fort Covington
Under 5	3.9%	3.3%
5 to 17	18.2%	21.4%
18 to 24	10.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	9.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	15.2%
55 to 64	20.8%	9.4%
65 to 74	5.8%	8.5%
75 and over	7.9%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chateaugay	Fort Covington
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	93.4%
Black or African American	12.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chateaugay	Fort Covington
No high school diploma	10.9%	6.7%
High school graduate	36.5%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chateaugay	Fort Covington
Drove alone	86.4%	60.0%
Carpooled	9.2%	23.0%
Public transit	0.0%	3.2%
Walked	3.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.2%
Worked from home	0.7%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chateaugay	Fort Covington
1-unit, detached	71.1%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	4.5%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Chateaugay	Fort Covington
Poverty rate	20.6%	15.2%
Average household size	2.38	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	28	17
Median year structure built	1938	1964