Chittenango vs Hamilton

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

Chittenango and Hamilton 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 4,038 in Hamilton). Chittenango has the higher median household income ($66,053 vs $62,000 in Hamilton). Hamilton has the higher median home value ($256,700 vs $179,200 in Chittenango).

Population, income & housing

	Chittenango	Hamilton
Population	4,855	4,038
Median age	39.7 yrs	20.6 yrs
Median household income	$66,053	$62,000
Median home value	$179,200	$256,700
Median gross rent	$776	$1,123
Housing units	2,047	940
Homeownership rate	61.9%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	56.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chittenango	Hamilton
Population	4,880 → 4,855 (-0.5%)	3,814 → 4,038 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$77,237 → $66,053 (-14.5%)	$51,094 → $62,000 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$139,900 → $179,200 (+28.1%)	$224,300 → $256,700 (+14.4%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $776 (+7.2%)	$836 → $1,123 (+34.3%)

Chittenango

Population

4,8804,855

Median household income

$77,237$66,053

Median home value

$139,900$179,200

Median gross rent

$724$776

Hamilton

Population

3,8144,038

Median household income

$51,094$62,000

Median home value

$224,300$256,700

Median gross rent

$836$1,123

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chittenango	Hamilton
Under 5	4.7%	0.8%
5 to 17	18.7%	5.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	68.2%
25 to 34	13.4%	4.1%
35 to 44	10.2%	5.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	3.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	4.3%
65 to 74	13.0%	5.0%
75 and over	6.1%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chittenango	Hamilton
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	78.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chittenango	Hamilton
No high school diploma	4.9%	7.8%
High school graduate	33.6%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	45.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chittenango	Hamilton
Drove alone	83.6%	26.9%
Carpooled	5.7%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	2.8%
Walked	2.6%	47.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.3%	17.1%
Other means	0.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chittenango	Hamilton
1-unit, detached	63.1%	54.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	26.1%
5 to 19 units	22.0%	10.5%
20 or more units	1.9%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chittenango	Hamilton
Poverty rate	14.4%	13.9%
Average household size	2.51	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	25	12
Median year structure built	1974	1938