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Fort Edward, NY population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Fort Edward, New York (Fort Edward, NY — Census place “Fort Edward village”) is 3,160 residents, ranking #480 of 1292 places in New York. Median household income is $62,411, the median home is worth $128,200 and median gross rent runs $951 a month. Looking for the Fort Edward New York ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Fort Edward, NY: 12828.
- Population
- 3,160Fort Edward village residents
- Median household income
- $62,411Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $128,200Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $951Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 37.9 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 72.9%Owner-occupied households
Fort Edward ZIP codes (New York)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Fort Edward.
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What the numbers mean in Fort Edward village
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Fort Edward village median would spend about 18.3% 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 2.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.1% of residents and 72.9% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Fort Edward village, NY in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Fort Edward village is a small town in New York, with 3,160 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #480 of 1,292 ranked by population — larger than 62% of them. The median age here is 37.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. 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 Fort Edward village earn a median of $62,411 a year, 20.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 32% 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 7.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Fort Edward village is valued at $128,200, 57.7% below the national figure and 59% below the $315,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $951 a month, 32.4% below the national figure, or roughly $11,412 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.3% 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 2.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 72.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
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 Fort Edward village?
- Fort Edward village has 3,160 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #480 of 1,292 in New York.
- What is the median household income in Fort Edward village?
- Median household income in Fort Edward village is $62,411 a year, 20.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fort Edward village?
- Median gross rent is $951 a month and the median home value is $128,200, so rent absorbs about 18.3% of median household income.
- Is Fort Edward village affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fort Edward village is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Fort Edward 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.