Canisteo vs Painted Post

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

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

Canisteo has the higher population (1,998 vs 1,691 in Painted Post). Painted Post has the higher median household income ($68,009 vs $64,116 in Canisteo). Painted Post has the higher median home value ($145,600 vs $103,300 in Canisteo).

Population, income & housing

	Canisteo	Painted Post
Population	1,998	1,691
Median age	43.4 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,116	$68,009
Median home value	$103,300	$145,600
Median gross rent	$735	$926
Housing units	935	908
Homeownership rate	75.0%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	43.0%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canisteo	Painted Post
Population	2,341 → 1,998 (-14.7%)	1,612 → 1,691 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$57,026 → $64,116 (+12.4%)	$53,672 → $68,009 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$74,500 → $103,300 (+38.7%)	$139,300 → $145,600 (+4.5%)
Median gross rent	$597 → $735 (+23.1%)	$672 → $926 (+37.8%)

Canisteo

Population

2,3411,998

Median household income

$57,026$64,116

Median home value

$74,500$103,300

Median gross rent

$597$735

Painted Post

Population

1,6121,691

Median household income

$53,672$68,009

Median home value

$139,300$145,600

Median gross rent

$672$926

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canisteo	Painted Post
Under 5	3.9%	2.9%
5 to 17	18.7%	10.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	7.3%	16.1%
35 to 44	13.7%	9.0%
45 to 54	8.6%	12.8%
55 to 64	12.5%	19.0%
65 to 74	15.5%	12.2%
75 and over	12.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canisteo	Painted Post
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canisteo	Painted Post
No high school diploma	14.9%	7.8%
High school graduate	43.1%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	23.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canisteo	Painted Post
Drove alone	70.3%	75.7%
Carpooled	18.5%	3.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	8.1%	9.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	10.6%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canisteo	Painted Post
1-unit, detached	72.2%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	16.4%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	9.8%
20 or more units	2.9%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Canisteo	Painted Post
Poverty rate	13.5%	11.2%
Average household size	2.48	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1938	1946