What is the population of Chatham village?

Chatham village has 1,594 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #713 of 1,292 in New York.

What is the median household income in Chatham village?

Median household income in Chatham village is $86,625 a year, 10.3% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Chatham village?

Median gross rent is $1,034 a month and the median home value is $306,300, so rent absorbs about 14.3% of median household income.

Is Chatham village affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Chatham village is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Chatham, NY population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Chatham, New York (Chatham, NY — Census place “Chatham village”) is 1,594 residents, ranking #713 of 1292 places in New York. Median household income is $86,625, the median home is worth $306,300 and median gross rent runs $1,034 a month. Looking for the Chatham New York ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Chatham, NY: 12037.

Population: 1,594Chatham village residents
Median household income: $86,625Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $306,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,034Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 48.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 48.3%Owner-occupied households

Chatham ZIP codes (New York)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Chatham.

The Chatham NY ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

12037

What the numbers mean in Chatham village

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Chatham village median would spend about 14.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.3% of residents and 48.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Chatham village, NY in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Chatham village is a small town in New York, with 1,594 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #713 of 1,292 ranked by population — larger than 44% of them. The median age here is 48.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Chatham village earn a median of $86,625 a year, 10.3% above the national figure of $78,538 and 6% below the $91,806 median for the 847 New York cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 8.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Chatham village is valued at $306,300, 1% above the national figure and 3% below the $315,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,034 a month, 26.5% below the national figure, or roughly $12,408 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 48.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Chatham village?: Chatham village has 1,594 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #713 of 1,292 in New York.
What is the median household income in Chatham village?: Median household income in Chatham village is $86,625 a year, 10.3% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Chatham village?: Median gross rent is $1,034 a month and the median home value is $306,300, so rent absorbs about 14.3% of median household income.
Is Chatham village affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Chatham village is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Chatham village data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.