McDonough is a town in Chenango County, New York, home to about 946 people across 39 square miles. Its ZIP code is 13801, and parts of 13830 are in McDonough too.
Homes sold for a median of $249 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a buyer’s market.
Mostly McDonough; also Smithville and German
Mostly Oxford; part is in McDonough
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside McDonough. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR)49 miles away |
|---|---|
| Closer regional airport | Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link field (BGM)24 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Newark, NJ144 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | New York, NY154 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of McDonough; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
McDonough had 797 residents in the 2020 census, down 8% since 2000.
It’s the 889th largest of 1,007 towns in New York by population.
Chenango County grew from 36,568 residents in 1900 to 47,220 in 2020.
Chenango County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 81°F in summer, and winter lows average 12°F. About 45.3 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 75 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Norwich, NY weather station (9 miles away).
13,783 jobs at 857 businesses in Chenango County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
Nearest hospitals
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances.
Parks (1 nearby)
Grocery stores
Pharmacies
Libraries
Theaters and performance venues
Counts are within about 4 miles of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Oxford, Preston, Smithville, German, Greene, Pharsalia and Pitcher.
Town boundaries don’t always match ZIP codes: a ZIP code can cross into neighboring towns, and a town can share a ZIP code with its neighbors. Facts describe the town itself; market figures describe whole ZIP codes.