Ontario vs Palmyra

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

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

Palmyra has the higher population (3,306 vs 2,176 in Ontario). Palmyra has the higher median household income ($66,647 vs $52,625 in Ontario). Ontario has the higher median home value ($189,400 vs $125,200 in Palmyra).

Population, income & housing

	Ontario	Palmyra
Population	2,176	3,306
Median age	38.9 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,625	$66,647
Median home value	$189,400	$125,200
Median gross rent	$688	$936
Housing units	1,122	1,655
Homeownership rate	56.2%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ontario	Palmyra
Population	1,942 → 2,176 (+12.0%)	3,354 → 3,306 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$46,161 → $52,625 (+14.0%)	$60,500 → $66,647 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$145,200 → $189,400 (+30.4%)	$99,700 → $125,200 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$751 → $688 (-8.4%)	$770 → $936 (+21.6%)

Ontario

Population

1,9422,176

Median household income

$46,161$52,625

Median home value

$145,200$189,400

Median gross rent

$751$688

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)

	Ontario	Palmyra
Under 5	5.5%	6.7%
5 to 17	14.8%	11.5%
18 to 24	12.1%	14.3%
25 to 34	8.6%	12.2%
35 to 44	13.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	18.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	9.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	9.8%	11.9%
75 and over	7.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ontario	Palmyra
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	93.3%
Black or African American	2.7%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ontario	Palmyra
No high school diploma	6.0%	8.2%
High school graduate	38.5%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ontario	Palmyra
Drove alone	88.0%	80.7%
Carpooled	3.4%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.5%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	4.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ontario	Palmyra
1-unit, detached	54.0%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	19.3%	28.1%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	15.6%
20 or more units	8.9%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Ontario	Palmyra
Poverty rate	4.3%	11.1%
Average household size	2.20	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1958	1943