Canastota vs Chittenango

A side-by-side comparison of Canastota and Chittenango: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chittenango has the higher population (4,855 vs 4,527 in Canastota). Canastota has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $66,053 in Chittenango). Chittenango has the higher median home value ($179,200 vs $131,500 in Canastota).

Population, income & housing

	Canastota	Chittenango
Population	4,527	4,855
Median age	43.4 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,250	$66,053
Median home value	$131,500	$179,200
Median gross rent	$886	$776
Housing units	2,197	2,047
Homeownership rate	65.7%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canastota	Chittenango
Population	4,586 → 4,527 (-1.3%)	4,880 → 4,855 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$56,563 → $71,250 (+26.0%)	$77,237 → $66,053 (-14.5%)
Median home value	$128,000 → $131,500 (+2.7%)	$139,900 → $179,200 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$712 → $886 (+24.4%)	$724 → $776 (+7.2%)

Canastota

Population

4,5864,527

Median household income

$56,563$71,250

Median home value

$128,000$131,500

Median gross rent

$712$886

Chittenango

Population

4,8804,855

Median household income

$77,237$66,053

Median home value

$139,900$179,200

Median gross rent

$724$776

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canastota	Chittenango
Under 5	6.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	18.7%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	13.4%
35 to 44	14.3%	10.2%
45 to 54	16.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.7%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.2%	13.0%
75 and over	6.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canastota	Chittenango
White (non-Hispanic)	79.6%	94.3%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	12.6%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canastota	Chittenango
No high school diploma	6.5%	4.9%
High school graduate	32.7%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canastota	Chittenango
Drove alone	84.4%	83.6%
Carpooled	6.3%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	7.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canastota	Chittenango
1-unit, detached	56.3%	63.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	33.1%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	22.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Canastota	Chittenango
Poverty rate	9.9%	14.4%
Average household size	2.37	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1952	1974