Ontario County vs Putnam County

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

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

Ontario County has the higher population (112,405 vs 97,988 in Putnam County). Putnam County has the higher median household income ($127,405 vs $79,814 in Ontario County). Putnam County has the higher median home value ($448,000 vs $202,900 in Ontario County).

Population, income & housing

	Ontario County	Putnam County
Population	112,405	97,988
Median age	43.9 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$79,814	$127,405
Median home value	$202,900	$448,000
Median gross rent	$1,126	$1,824
Housing units	53,001	38,369
Homeownership rate	72.8%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.2%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ontario County	Putnam County
Population	109,511 → 112,405 (+2.6%)	98,787 → 97,988 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$64,944 → $79,814 (+22.9%)	$104,486 → $127,405 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$161,800 → $202,900 (+25.4%)	$358,500 → $448,000 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $1,126 (+25.7%)	$1,453 → $1,824 (+25.5%)

Ontario County

Population

109,511112,405

Median household income

$64,944$79,814

Median home value

$161,800$202,900

Median gross rent

$896$1,126

Putnam County

Population

98,78797,988

Median household income

$104,486$127,405

Median home value

$358,500$448,000

Median gross rent

$1,453$1,824

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ontario County	Putnam County
Under 5	4.6%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.8%	15.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	15.2%	15.9%
65 to 74	12.8%	11.2%
75 and over	8.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ontario County	Putnam County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	72.4%
Black or African American	2.0%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	19.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ontario County	Putnam County
No high school diploma	6.7%	6.7%
High school graduate	25.9%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ontario County	Putnam County
Drove alone	76.7%	70.5%
Carpooled	6.8%	7.6%
Public transit	0.3%	5.7%
Walked	3.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	13.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ontario County	Putnam County
1-unit, detached	66.1%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	4.1%
20 or more units	4.7%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Ontario County	Putnam County
Poverty rate	9.2%	6.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	22	39
Median year structure built	1975	1968