Chenango County vs Montgomery County

A side-by-side comparison of Chenango County and Montgomery County: population, income, housing, and more.

Chenango County and Montgomery County are counties in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Montgomery County has the higher population (49,461 vs 46,685 in Chenango County). Montgomery County has the higher median household income ($62,923 vs $62,093 in Chenango County). Montgomery County has the higher median home value ($141,600 vs $128,100 in Chenango County).

Population, income & housing

	Chenango County	Montgomery County
Population	46,685	49,461
Median age	44.9 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,093	$62,923
Median home value	$128,100	$141,600
Median gross rent	$819	$921
Housing units	24,460	22,944
Homeownership rate	76.3%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chenango County	Montgomery County
Population	47,909 → 46,685 (-2.6%)	49,302 → 49,461 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$52,002 → $62,093 (+19.4%)	$49,462 → $62,923 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$98,400 → $128,100 (+30.2%)	$105,400 → $141,600 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $819 (+20.8%)	$783 → $921 (+17.6%)

Chenango County

Population

47,90946,685

Median household income

$52,002$62,093

Median home value

$98,400$128,100

Median gross rent

$678$819

Montgomery County

Population

49,30249,461

Median household income

$49,462$62,923

Median home value

$105,400$141,600

Median gross rent

$783$921

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chenango County	Montgomery County
Under 5	5.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.2%	12.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.8%	13.9%
65 to 74	12.7%	11.2%
75 and over	9.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chenango County	Montgomery County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	78.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chenango County	Montgomery County
No high school diploma	11.3%	11.5%
High school graduate	41.3%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chenango County	Montgomery County
Drove alone	79.8%	76.7%
Carpooled	8.1%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	3.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.4%	7.9%
Other means	0.6%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chenango County	Montgomery County
1-unit, detached	64.4%	57.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	27.5%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	3.3%
20 or more units	2.1%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	19.4%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Chenango County	Montgomery County
Poverty rate	12.2%	14.7%
Average household size	2.32	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1967	1944