Edmeston vs Otego

A side-by-side comparison of Edmeston and Otego: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Otego has the higher population (965 vs 592 in Edmeston). Otego has the higher median household income ($76,908 vs $54,167 in Edmeston). Otego has the higher median home value ($173,800 vs $136,400 in Edmeston).

Population, income & housing

	Edmeston	Otego
Population	592	965
Median age	51.3 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,167	$76,908
Median home value	$136,400	$173,800
Median gross rent	$617	$929
Housing units	302	461
Homeownership rate	62.4%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edmeston	Otego
Population	559 → 592 (+5.9%)	921 → 965 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$57,222 → $54,167 (-5.3%)	$51,538 → $76,908 (+49.2%)
Median home value	$118,500 → $136,400 (+15.1%)	$140,700 → $173,800 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $617 (-9.7%)	$670 → $929 (+38.7%)

Edmeston

Population

559592

Median household income

$57,222$54,167

Median home value

$118,500$136,400

Median gross rent

$683$617

Otego

Population

921965

Median household income

$51,538$76,908

Median home value

$140,700$173,800

Median gross rent

$670$929

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edmeston	Otego
Under 5	4.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	6.6%	11.4%
18 to 24	13.0%	13.9%
25 to 34	8.4%	9.1%
35 to 44	8.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	21.1%	12.4%
55 to 64	17.4%	11.6%
65 to 74	9.3%	12.3%
75 and over	11.7%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edmeston	Otego
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	90.3%
Black or African American	1.9%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.5%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edmeston	Otego
No high school diploma	11.3%	7.9%
High school graduate	52.0%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edmeston	Otego
Drove alone	69.9%	83.9%
Carpooled	14.1%	6.0%
Public transit	4.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	4.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edmeston	Otego
1-unit, detached	55.0%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	25.2%	22.8%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	11.3%
20 or more units	9.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Edmeston	Otego
Poverty rate	25.2%	3.9%
Average household size	2.62	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1938	1956