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Peru town, Clinton County, NY

6,736 Population
78.9 square miles 85.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±2.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Clinton County: 41.5 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$45,148 ±$6,401 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Clinton County: $37,388 ±$1,822
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$105,719 ±$18,814 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Clinton County: $69,208 ±$2,576
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

5.9% ±2.9% (396  ±191) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Clinton County: 13.8% 10,097 (±1.1% / ±818)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

21.2 minutes ±1.9 (63,790  ±12,020) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Clinton County: 20.1 658,200 (±0.7 / ±29,097)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

2,657 ±155 Number of households
  • Clinton County: 33,276 ±492
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.4 ±0.1 (6,426  ±26) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Clinton County: 2.2 72,860 (±0 / ±156)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

7.1% ±5.1% (111  ±82) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Clinton County: 5.3% † 929 (±1.3% / ±219)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

2,749 ±164 Number of housing units
  • Clinton County: 37,461 ±118
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$199,800 ±$39,935 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Clinton County: $175,100 ±$5,618
  • about half the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

9.3% ±4.9% (624  ±329.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Clinton County: 12.4% † 9,735 (±1.4% / ±1,061)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

90.6% ±10.5% (4,308  ±545.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Clinton County: 88.2% 48,421 (±2.6% / ±1,450.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
32.8% ±5.9% (1,558  ±293.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Clinton County: 26.8% 14,726 (±1.5% / ±820.4)
  • about 80 percent 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

6.2% ±2.3% (414  ±152) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Clinton County: 4.7% 3,682
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

6.7% ±2.4% (353  ±126) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Clinton County: 7.6% 4,910 (±0.6% / ±398)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
353 Total veterans ±126 353 Male ±126 N/A Female ±19

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