Fulton County vs Tioga County

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

Fulton County and Tioga 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 48,106 in Tioga County). Tioga County has the higher median household income ($71,791 vs $62,615 in Fulton County). Fulton County has the higher median home value ($156,100 vs $153,200 in Tioga County).

Population, income & housing

	Fulton County	Tioga County
Population	52,787	48,106
Median age	44.1 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,615	$71,791
Median home value	$156,100	$153,200
Median gross rent	$883	$914
Housing units	28,169	21,966
Homeownership rate	69.2%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fulton County	Tioga County
Population	53,646 → 52,787 (-1.6%)	48,686 → 48,106 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$50,482 → $62,615 (+24.0%)	$62,999 → $71,791 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$109,600 → $156,100 (+42.4%)	$119,700 → $153,200 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $883 (+13.4%)	$751 → $914 (+21.7%)

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

Tioga County

Population

48,68648,106

Median household income

$62,999$71,791

Median home value

$119,700$153,200

Median gross rent

$751$914

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fulton County	Tioga County
Under 5	4.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	15.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.9%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	15.3%	16.2%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.1%
75 and over	8.2%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fulton County	Tioga County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	92.9%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fulton County	Tioga County
No high school diploma	11.5%	8.0%
High school graduate	35.9%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fulton County	Tioga County
Drove alone	81.0%	81.1%
Carpooled	8.2%	5.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	2.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.7%
Worked from home	6.4%	9.1%
Other means	1.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fulton County	Tioga County
1-unit, detached	67.0%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	18.6%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	15.4%

Poverty & households

	Fulton County	Tioga County
Poverty rate	14.5%	12.2%
Average household size	2.27	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1953	1968