Montour Falls vs Watkins Glen

A side-by-side comparison of Montour Falls and Watkins Glen: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Watkins Glen has the higher population (1,712 vs 1,666 in Montour Falls). Watkins Glen has the higher median household income ($46,279 vs $43,083 in Montour Falls). Watkins Glen has the higher median home value ($200,000 vs $115,500 in Montour Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Montour Falls	Watkins Glen
Population	1,666	1,712
Median age	47.3 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$43,083	$46,279
Median home value	$115,500	$200,000
Median gross rent	$683	$793
Housing units	749	1,156
Homeownership rate	65.1%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	13.5%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montour Falls	Watkins Glen
Population	1,638 → 1,666 (+1.7%)	2,000 → 1,712 (-14.4%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $43,083 (+23.1%)	$45,060 → $46,279 (+2.7%)
Median home value	$100,000 → $115,500 (+15.5%)	$128,800 → $200,000 (+55.3%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $683 (+4.8%)	$734 → $793 (+8.0%)

Montour Falls

Population

1,6381,666

Median household income

$35,000$43,083

Median home value

$100,000$115,500

Median gross rent

$652$683

Watkins Glen

Population

2,0001,712

Median household income

$45,060$46,279

Median home value

$128,800$200,000

Median gross rent

$734$793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montour Falls	Watkins Glen
Under 5	6.2%	2.4%
5 to 17	11.9%	8.6%
18 to 24	6.0%	9.9%
25 to 34	9.1%	13.0%
35 to 44	16.0%	8.4%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	16.8%	13.6%
65 to 74	12.5%	19.0%
75 and over	11.0%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montour Falls	Watkins Glen
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	89.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	5.5%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montour Falls	Watkins Glen
No high school diploma	13.8%	10.7%
High school graduate	35.7%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montour Falls	Watkins Glen
Drove alone	82.7%	58.7%
Carpooled	1.3%	6.6%
Public transit	1.1%	0.8%
Walked	4.2%	27.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	10.7%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montour Falls	Watkins Glen
1-unit, detached	47.9%	37.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	36.4%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	5.1%
20 or more units	6.9%	15.0%
Mobile home & other	20.2%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Montour Falls	Watkins Glen
Poverty rate	23.3%	11.2%
Average household size	2.23	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1963	1938