Amsterdam vs Canajoharie

A side-by-side comparison of Amsterdam and Canajoharie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Amsterdam has the higher population (18,162 vs 1,808 in Canajoharie). Canajoharie has the higher median household income ($77,375 vs $50,193 in Amsterdam). Amsterdam has the higher median home value ($119,800 vs $110,200 in Canajoharie).

Population, income & housing

	Amsterdam	Canajoharie
Population	18,162	1,808
Median age	39.3 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,193	$77,375
Median home value	$119,800	$110,200
Median gross rent	$955	$866
Housing units	9,318	807
Homeownership rate	51.5%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amsterdam	Canajoharie
Population	17,836 → 18,162 (+1.8%)	1,905 → 1,808 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$37,457 → $50,193 (+34.0%)	$42,500 → $77,375 (+82.1%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $119,800 (+39.1%)	$88,100 → $110,200 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$817 → $955 (+16.9%)	$716 → $866 (+20.9%)

Amsterdam

Population

17,83618,162

Median household income

$37,457$50,193

Median home value

$86,100$119,800

Median gross rent

$817$955

Canajoharie

Population

1,9051,808

Median household income

$42,500$77,375

Median home value

$88,100$110,200

Median gross rent

$716$866

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amsterdam	Canajoharie
Under 5	5.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	18.6%	20.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	12.4%
25 to 34	12.4%	9.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	10.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.3%
55 to 64	12.2%	18.1%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.0%
75 and over	6.8%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amsterdam	Canajoharie
White (non-Hispanic)	56.7%	92.8%
Black or African American	5.8%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	32.9%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amsterdam	Canajoharie
No high school diploma	12.5%	9.0%
High school graduate	35.1%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amsterdam	Canajoharie
Drove alone	71.6%	87.2%
Carpooled	10.2%	3.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	7.0%
Other means	6.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amsterdam	Canajoharie
1-unit, detached	37.1%	58.0%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	52.3%	24.3%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	16.4%
20 or more units	5.2%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Amsterdam	Canajoharie
Poverty rate	20.9%	14.5%
Average household size	2.34	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1938	1938