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Bethlehem town, Albany County, NY

35,139 Population
49 square miles 716.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.3 ±2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Albany County: 38.4 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$62,766 ±$2,783 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Albany County: $48,210 ±$1,090
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$123,893 ±$9,099 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Albany County: $85,333 ±$2,280
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5% ±1% (1,741  ±357) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Albany County: 13% 39,144 (±0.8% / ±2,343)
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22 minutes ±1.1 (302,740  ±23,852) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Albany County: 21.4 2,855,835 (±0.5 / ±80,882)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

14,722 ±432 Number of households
  • Albany County: 134,703 ±1,000
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (34,414  ±40) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Albany County: 2.2 297,862 (±0 / ±182)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.1% ±2.7% (421  ±188) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Albany County: 4.4% † 3,478 (±0.7% / ±561)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

15,258 ±434 Number of housing units
  • Albany County: 147,662 ±143
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$370,400 ±$9,649 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Albany County: $294,600 ±$4,249
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.5% ±2.1% (3,292  ±719) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Albany County: 13.6% 42,727 (±0.8% / ±2,476.8)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.8% ±4.1% (24,920  ±1,211.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Albany County: 93.7% 200,836 (±1.5% / ±3,240.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
64.3% ±3.6% (16,554  ±999.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Albany County: 46.4% 99,502 (±1% / ±2,229.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.2% ±1.9% (3,223  ±669) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Albany County: 12% 37,893
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.6% ±0.9% (1,274  ±237) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Albany County: 4.8% 12,394 (±0.3% / ±801)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,274 Total veterans ±237 1,166 Male ±219 108 Female ±65

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