Amsterdam vs Fort Plain

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

Amsterdam and Fort Plain 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 2,274 in Fort Plain). Amsterdam has the higher median household income ($50,193 vs $37,600 in Fort Plain). Amsterdam has the higher median home value ($119,800 vs $78,700 in Fort Plain).

Population, income & housing

	Amsterdam	Fort Plain
Population	18,162	2,274
Median age	39.3 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,193	$37,600
Median home value	$119,800	$78,700
Median gross rent	$955	$746
Housing units	9,318	1,207
Homeownership rate	51.5%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amsterdam	Fort Plain
Population	17,836 → 18,162 (+1.8%)	1,765 → 2,274 (+28.8%)
Median household income	$37,457 → $50,193 (+34.0%)	$34,688 → $37,600 (+8.4%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $119,800 (+39.1%)	$61,800 → $78,700 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$817 → $955 (+16.9%)	$790 → $746 (-5.6%)

Amsterdam

Population

17,83618,162

Median household income

$37,457$50,193

Median home value

$86,100$119,800

Median gross rent

$817$955

Fort Plain

Population

1,7652,274

Median household income

$34,688$37,600

Median home value

$61,800$78,700

Median gross rent

$790$746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amsterdam	Fort Plain
Under 5	5.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	18.6%	14.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.5%
25 to 34	12.4%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.8%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	20.7%
65 to 74	12.5%	8.9%
75 and over	6.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amsterdam	Fort Plain
White (non-Hispanic)	56.7%	92.1%
Black or African American	5.8%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	32.9%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amsterdam	Fort Plain
No high school diploma	12.5%	12.2%
High school graduate	35.1%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amsterdam	Fort Plain
Drove alone	71.6%	84.5%
Carpooled	10.2%	7.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	2.8%
Other means	6.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amsterdam	Fort Plain
1-unit, detached	37.1%	52.5%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	52.3%	26.2%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	7.3%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Amsterdam	Fort Plain
Poverty rate	20.9%	20.4%
Average household size	2.34	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1938	1938