Fort Plain vs Nelliston

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

Fort Plain and Nelliston 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 732 in Nelliston). Nelliston has the higher median household income ($39,250 vs $37,600 in Fort Plain). Fort Plain has the higher median home value ($78,700 vs $60,400 in Nelliston).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Plain	Nelliston
Population	2,274	732
Median age	42.3 yrs	61.3 yrs
Median household income	$37,600	$39,250
Median home value	$78,700	$60,400
Median gross rent	$746	$635
Housing units	1,207	478
Homeownership rate	67.6%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Plain	Nelliston
Population	1,765 → 2,274 (+28.8%)	567 → 732 (+29.1%)
Median household income	$34,688 → $37,600 (+8.4%)	$47,411 → $39,250 (-17.2%)
Median home value	$61,800 → $78,700 (+27.3%)	$67,300 → $60,400 (-10.3%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $746 (-5.6%)	$736 → $635 (-13.7%)

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

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)

	Fort Plain	Nelliston
Under 5	6.6%	2.3%
5 to 17	14.6%	9.8%
18 to 24	9.5%	5.5%
25 to 34	10.6%	6.7%
35 to 44	10.6%	3.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	14.5%
55 to 64	20.7%	26.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	19.3%
75 and over	6.6%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Plain	Nelliston
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	86.9%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Plain	Nelliston
No high school diploma	12.2%	22.1%
High school graduate	36.9%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Plain	Nelliston
Drove alone	84.5%	76.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	8.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Plain	Nelliston
1-unit, detached	52.5%	39.3%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	26.2%	32.4%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Plain	Nelliston
Poverty rate	20.4%	23.8%
Average household size	2.53	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938