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Westerlo town, Albany County, NY

3,197 Population
57.8 square miles 55.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±7.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Albany County: 38.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$42,981 ±$8,458 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Albany County: $46,231 ±$1,007
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$81,184 ±$18,643 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Albany County: $83,149 ±$1,788
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

8.3% ±4.3% (264  ±138) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Albany County: 12.9% 38,700 (±0.7% / ±2,076)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

28.7 minutes ±4.2 (36,915  ±9,835) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Albany County: 21.3 2,890,325 (±0.4 / ±71,484)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

1,284 ±169 Number of households
  • Albany County: 132,728 ±902
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.5 ±0.3 (3,192  ±18) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Albany County: 2.2 297,191 (±0 / ±188)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

9.2% ±6.8% (61  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Albany County: 4.6% † 3,591 (±0.7% / ±529)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

1,581 ±188 Number of housing units
  • Albany County: 146,959 ±144
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$273,500 ±$41,895 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Albany County: $277,400 ±$3,622
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

9.6% ±5.2% (304  ±163.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Albany County: 13.7% 42,864 (±0.8% / ±2,375.9)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

95.5% ±11.4% (2,228  ±325.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Albany County: 93.2% 198,329 (±1.6% / ±3,304.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
29.4% ±7.3% (686  ±179) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Albany County: 45.2% 96,130 (±1% / ±2,208.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

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

4% ±3.1% (129  ±100) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Albany County: 11.3% 35,749
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

9.7% ±6% (249  ±155) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Albany County: 5% 12,847 (±0.3% / ±754)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
249 Total veterans ±155 202 Male ±111 47 Female ±67

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