Canajoharie vs Fort Plain

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

Canajoharie 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.

Fort Plain has the higher population (2,274 vs 1,808 in Canajoharie). Canajoharie has the higher median household income ($77,375 vs $37,600 in Fort Plain). Canajoharie has the higher median home value ($110,200 vs $78,700 in Fort Plain).

Population, income & housing

	Canajoharie	Fort Plain
Population	1,808	2,274
Median age	38.6 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$77,375	$37,600
Median home value	$110,200	$78,700
Median gross rent	$866	$746
Housing units	807	1,207
Homeownership rate	69.9%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canajoharie	Fort Plain
Population	1,905 → 1,808 (-5.1%)	1,765 → 2,274 (+28.8%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $77,375 (+82.1%)	$34,688 → $37,600 (+8.4%)
Median home value	$88,100 → $110,200 (+25.1%)	$61,800 → $78,700 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $866 (+20.9%)	$790 → $746 (-5.6%)

Canajoharie

Population

1,9051,808

Median household income

$42,500$77,375

Median home value

$88,100$110,200

Median gross rent

$716$866

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)

	Canajoharie	Fort Plain
Under 5	4.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	20.0%	14.6%
18 to 24	12.4%	9.5%
25 to 34	9.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.0%	10.6%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	18.1%	20.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.9%
75 and over	5.9%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canajoharie	Fort Plain
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canajoharie	Fort Plain
No high school diploma	9.0%	12.2%
High school graduate	36.8%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canajoharie	Fort Plain
Drove alone	87.2%	84.5%
Carpooled	3.2%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	2.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canajoharie	Fort Plain
1-unit, detached	58.0%	52.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	24.3%	26.2%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	7.3%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Canajoharie	Fort Plain
Poverty rate	14.5%	20.4%
Average household size	2.68	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1938	1938