Fort Montgomery vs Harriman

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Montgomery and Harriman: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harriman has the higher population (2,843 vs 2,198 in Fort Montgomery). Harriman has the higher median household income ($95,324 vs $80,946 in Fort Montgomery). Fort Montgomery has the higher median home value ($347,200 vs $274,500 in Harriman).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Montgomery	Harriman
Population	2,198	2,843
Median age	43.9 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$80,946	$95,324
Median home value	$347,200	$274,500
Median gross rent	$1,473	$2,040
Housing units	961	1,137
Homeownership rate	57.4%	53.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Montgomery	Harriman
Population	1,691 → 2,198 (+30.0%)	3,007 → 2,843 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$83,323 → $80,946 (-2.9%)	$74,435 → $95,324 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$274,100 → $347,200 (+26.7%)	$232,200 → $274,500 (+18.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,188 → $1,473 (+24.0%)	$1,615 → $2,040 (+26.3%)

Fort Montgomery

Population

1,6912,198

Median household income

$83,323$80,946

Median home value

$274,100$347,200

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,473

Harriman

Population

3,0072,843

Median household income

$74,435$95,324

Median home value

$232,200$274,500

Median gross rent

$1,615$2,040

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Montgomery	Harriman
Under 5	8.9%	7.1%
5 to 17	12.7%	19.2%
18 to 24	5.1%	4.7%
25 to 34	10.0%	15.5%
35 to 44	17.2%	14.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.4%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.1%
65 to 74	18.0%	8.3%
75 and over	5.6%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Montgomery	Harriman
White (non-Hispanic)	56.0%	40.9%
Black or African American	7.7%	13.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.5%	11.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	25.6%	31.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Montgomery	Harriman
No high school diploma	5.8%	10.3%
High school graduate	36.9%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.0%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Montgomery	Harriman
Drove alone	85.8%	50.3%
Carpooled	2.0%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	7.9%
Walked	2.7%	10.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.4%	13.3%
Other means	3.0%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Montgomery	Harriman
1-unit, detached	63.0%	32.8%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	33.4%
20 or more units	3.0%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Fort Montgomery	Harriman
Poverty rate	4.2%	6.4%
Average household size	2.36	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	26	34
Median year structure built	1970	1985