Fort Edward vs Greenwich

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Edward and Greenwich: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fort Edward has the higher population (3,160 vs 1,606 in Greenwich). Greenwich has the higher median household income ($78,398 vs $62,411 in Fort Edward). Greenwich has the higher median home value ($194,500 vs $128,200 in Fort Edward).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Edward	Greenwich
Population	3,160	1,606
Median age	37.9 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,411	$78,398
Median home value	$128,200	$194,500
Median gross rent	$951	$1,188
Housing units	1,324	918
Homeownership rate	72.9%	59.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Edward	Greenwich
Population	3,295 → 3,160 (-4.1%)	2,149 → 1,606 (-25.3%)
Median household income	$47,951 → $62,411 (+30.2%)	$65,875 → $78,398 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$99,500 → $128,200 (+28.8%)	$171,400 → $194,500 (+13.5%)
Median gross rent	$901 → $951 (+5.5%)	$890 → $1,188 (+33.5%)

Fort Edward

Population

3,2953,160

Median household income

$47,951$62,411

Median home value

$99,500$128,200

Median gross rent

$901$951

Greenwich

Population

2,1491,606

Median household income

$65,875$78,398

Median home value

$171,400$194,500

Median gross rent

$890$1,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Edward	Greenwich
Under 5	7.2%	3.6%
5 to 17	16.7%	15.2%
18 to 24	10.6%	5.9%
25 to 34	12.1%	17.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.8%	16.6%
65 to 74	6.6%	9.2%
75 and over	5.8%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Edward	Greenwich
White (non-Hispanic)	98.6%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Edward	Greenwich
No high school diploma	3.7%	3.9%
High school graduate	43.6%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Edward	Greenwich
Drove alone	82.4%	80.4%
Carpooled	6.1%	0.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	13.9%
Other means	4.9%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Edward	Greenwich
1-unit, detached	69.0%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	18.2%	34.0%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.8%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Edward	Greenwich
Poverty rate	7.1%	6.2%
Average household size	2.65	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1941	1938