Gananda vs Palmyra

A side-by-side comparison of Gananda and Palmyra: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gananda has the higher population (6,501 vs 3,306 in Palmyra). Gananda has the higher median household income ($109,194 vs $66,647 in Palmyra). Gananda has the higher median home value ($222,800 vs $125,200 in Palmyra).

Population, income & housing

	Gananda	Palmyra
Population	6,501	3,306
Median age	42.7 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$109,194	$66,647
Median home value	$222,800	$125,200
Median gross rent	$959	$936
Housing units	2,656	1,655
Homeownership rate	91.4%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.6%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gananda	Palmyra
Population	6,177 → 6,501 (+5.2%)	3,354 → 3,306 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$93,421 → $109,194 (+16.9%)	$60,500 → $66,647 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$162,200 → $222,800 (+37.4%)	$99,700 → $125,200 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$841 → $959 (+14.0%)	$770 → $936 (+21.6%)

Gananda

Population

6,1776,501

Median household income

$93,421$109,194

Median home value

$162,200$222,800

Median gross rent

$841$959

Palmyra

Population

3,3543,306

Median household income

$60,500$66,647

Median home value

$99,700$125,200

Median gross rent

$770$936

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gananda	Palmyra
Under 5	6.2%	6.7%
5 to 17	19.5%	11.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	14.3%
25 to 34	9.3%	12.2%
35 to 44	14.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	20.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	6.2%	11.9%
75 and over	3.1%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gananda	Palmyra
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	93.3%
Black or African American	2.1%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gananda	Palmyra
No high school diploma	3.3%	8.2%
High school graduate	19.8%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.6%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gananda	Palmyra
Drove alone	74.0%	80.7%
Carpooled	6.3%	9.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.4%
Walked	0.4%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gananda	Palmyra
1-unit, detached	80.3%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	28.1%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	15.6%
20 or more units	1.5%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Gananda	Palmyra
Poverty rate	8.3%	11.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1993	1943