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Alfred town, Allegany County, NY

5,954 Population
31.5 square miles 189.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

20.5 ±0.4 Median age
  • about half the figure in Allegany County: 38.9 ±0.4
  • about half the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$16,206 ±$2,487 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Allegany County: $30,016 ±$1,743
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$53,654 ±$9,156 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Allegany County: $61,233 ±$2,429
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

31.6% ±8.6% (826  ±224) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Allegany County: 16.8% 7,095 (±1.6% / ±659)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

13.1 minutes ±1.7 (22,535  ±4,521) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Allegany County: 22.6 393,620 (±0.6 / ±16,209)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

1,110 ±148 Number of households
  • Allegany County: 17,057 ±356
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.4 ±0.3 (2,611  ±50) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Allegany County: 2.5 42,378 (±0.1 / ±53)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

1.1% ±0.8% (22  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Allegany County: 4.6% † 481 (±1% / ±101)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

1,336 ±152 Number of housing units
  • Allegany County: 23,538 ±98
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$142,900 ±$12,555 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Allegany County: $97,900 ±$3,394
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

34.6% ±4.2% (2,049  ±249.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Allegany County: 12.3% 5,747 (±1% / ±454.5)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

95.5% ±9.5% (1,599  ±207.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Allegany County: 91.6% 27,295 (±2.4% / ±715.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
56.8% ±7.3% (951  ±146.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in Allegany County: 24.6% 7,317 (±1.3% / ±393.7)
  • about 1.4 times 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

5.5% ±1.4% (330  ±86) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Allegany County: 1.8% 858
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

2.2% ±0.9% (116  ±48) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Allegany County: 8.3% 3,137 (±0.5% / ±199)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
116 Total veterans ±48 112 Male ±48 4 Female ±6

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