Canajoharie vs Nelliston

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

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

Canajoharie has the higher population (1,808 vs 732 in Nelliston). Canajoharie has the higher median household income ($77,375 vs $39,250 in Nelliston). Canajoharie has the higher median home value ($110,200 vs $60,400 in Nelliston).

Population, income & housing

	Canajoharie	Nelliston
Population	1,808	732
Median age	38.6 yrs	61.3 yrs
Median household income	$77,375	$39,250
Median home value	$110,200	$60,400
Median gross rent	$866	$635
Housing units	807	478
Homeownership rate	69.9%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canajoharie	Nelliston
Population	1,905 → 1,808 (-5.1%)	567 → 732 (+29.1%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $77,375 (+82.1%)	$47,411 → $39,250 (-17.2%)
Median home value	$88,100 → $110,200 (+25.1%)	$67,300 → $60,400 (-10.3%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $866 (+20.9%)	$736 → $635 (-13.7%)

Canajoharie

Population

1,9051,808

Median household income

$42,500$77,375

Median home value

$88,100$110,200

Median gross rent

$716$866

Nelliston

Population

567732

Median household income

$47,411$39,250

Median home value

$67,300$60,400

Median gross rent

$736$635

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canajoharie	Nelliston
Under 5	4.0%	2.3%
5 to 17	20.0%	9.8%
18 to 24	12.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	9.2%	6.7%
35 to 44	10.0%	3.3%
45 to 54	10.3%	14.5%
55 to 64	18.1%	26.8%
65 to 74	10.0%	19.3%
75 and over	5.9%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canajoharie	Nelliston
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canajoharie	Nelliston
No high school diploma	9.0%	22.1%
High school graduate	36.8%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canajoharie	Nelliston
Drove alone	87.2%	76.4%
Carpooled	3.2%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	8.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canajoharie	Nelliston
1-unit, detached	58.0%	39.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	24.3%	32.4%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	2.9%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Canajoharie	Nelliston
Poverty rate	14.5%	23.8%
Average household size	2.68	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938