Fulton County vs Montgomery County

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

Fulton 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.

Fulton County has the higher population (52,787 vs 49,461 in Montgomery County). Montgomery County has the higher median household income ($62,923 vs $62,615 in Fulton County). Fulton County has the higher median home value ($156,100 vs $141,600 in Montgomery County).

Population, income & housing

	Fulton County	Montgomery County
Population	52,787	49,461
Median age	44.1 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,615	$62,923
Median home value	$156,100	$141,600
Median gross rent	$883	$921
Housing units	28,169	22,944
Homeownership rate	69.2%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fulton County	Montgomery County
Population	53,646 → 52,787 (-1.6%)	49,302 → 49,461 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$50,482 → $62,615 (+24.0%)	$49,462 → $62,923 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$109,600 → $156,100 (+42.4%)	$105,400 → $141,600 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $883 (+13.4%)	$783 → $921 (+17.6%)

Fulton County

Population

53,64652,787

Median household income

$50,482$62,615

Median home value

$109,600$156,100

Median gross rent

$779$883

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)

	Fulton County	Montgomery County
Under 5	4.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.9%	12.3%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.2%
75 and over	8.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fulton County	Montgomery County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	78.4%
Black or African American	1.4%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fulton County	Montgomery County
No high school diploma	11.5%	11.5%
High school graduate	35.9%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fulton County	Montgomery County
Drove alone	81.0%	76.7%
Carpooled	8.2%	9.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	2.9%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.4%	7.9%
Other means	1.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fulton County	Montgomery County
1-unit, detached	67.0%	57.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	18.6%	27.5%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	2.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Fulton County	Montgomery County
Poverty rate	14.5%	14.7%
Average household size	2.27	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1953	1944