Fort Plain vs St. Johnsville

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

Fort Plain and St. Johnsville 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 1,882 in St. Johnsville). St. Johnsville has the higher median household income ($49,211 vs $37,600 in Fort Plain). St. Johnsville has the higher median home value ($81,300 vs $78,700 in Fort Plain).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Plain	St. Johnsville
Population	2,274	1,882
Median age	42.3 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$37,600	$49,211
Median home value	$78,700	$81,300
Median gross rent	$746	$767
Housing units	1,207	806
Homeownership rate	67.6%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Plain	St. Johnsville
Population	1,765 → 2,274 (+28.8%)	1,947 → 1,882 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$34,688 → $37,600 (+8.4%)	$34,063 → $49,211 (+44.5%)
Median home value	$61,800 → $78,700 (+27.3%)	$69,400 → $81,300 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $746 (-5.6%)	$655 → $767 (+17.1%)

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

St. Johnsville

Population

1,9471,882

Median household income

$34,063$49,211

Median home value

$69,400$81,300

Median gross rent

$655$767

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Plain	St. Johnsville
Under 5	6.6%	7.6%
5 to 17	14.6%	19.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.7%
25 to 34	10.6%	10.2%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.9%	10.7%
55 to 64	20.7%	9.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	11.2%
75 and over	6.6%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Plain	St. Johnsville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	89.1%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Plain	St. Johnsville
No high school diploma	12.2%	13.6%
High school graduate	36.9%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Plain	St. Johnsville
Drove alone	84.5%	63.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	24.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	4.8%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	2.8%	3.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Plain	St. Johnsville
1-unit, detached	52.5%	59.4%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	26.2%	23.7%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Fort Plain	St. Johnsville
Poverty rate	20.4%	25.5%
Average household size	2.53	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1938	1938