Canisteo vs Hornell

A side-by-side comparison of Canisteo and Hornell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hornell has the higher population (8,173 vs 1,998 in Canisteo). Canisteo has the higher median household income ($64,116 vs $46,321 in Hornell). Canisteo has the higher median home value ($103,300 vs $86,600 in Hornell).

Population, income & housing

	Canisteo	Hornell
Population	1,998	8,173
Median age	43.4 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,116	$46,321
Median home value	$103,300	$86,600
Median gross rent	$735	$769
Housing units	935	4,171
Homeownership rate	75.0%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canisteo	Hornell
Population	2,341 → 1,998 (-14.7%)	8,281 → 8,173 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$57,026 → $64,116 (+12.4%)	$42,562 → $46,321 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$74,500 → $103,300 (+38.7%)	$67,500 → $86,600 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$597 → $735 (+23.1%)	$667 → $769 (+15.3%)

Canisteo

Population

2,3411,998

Median household income

$57,026$64,116

Median home value

$74,500$103,300

Median gross rent

$597$735

Hornell

Population

8,2818,173

Median household income

$42,562$46,321

Median home value

$67,500$86,600

Median gross rent

$667$769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canisteo	Hornell
Under 5	3.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	18.7%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.2%
25 to 34	7.3%	15.3%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	8.6%	9.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.8%
65 to 74	15.5%	13.3%
75 and over	12.2%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canisteo	Hornell
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canisteo	Hornell
No high school diploma	14.9%	8.6%
High school graduate	43.1%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canisteo	Hornell
Drove alone	70.3%	72.3%
Carpooled	18.5%	8.4%
Public transit	0.4%	1.4%
Walked	8.1%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.6%
Worked from home	2.4%	5.1%
Other means	0.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canisteo	Hornell
1-unit, detached	72.2%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	16.4%	29.2%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	6.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Canisteo	Hornell
Poverty rate	13.5%	21.6%
Average household size	2.48	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1938	1938