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Colchester town, Delaware County, NY

1,808 Population
136.8 square miles 13.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.8 ±6.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Delaware County: 48.8 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$40,738 ±$8,830 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Delaware County: $35,996 ±$1,523
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$64,286 ±$19,784 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Delaware County: $60,226 ±$2,922
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

14.7% ±6.3% (255  ±121) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware County: 14.9% † 6,317 (±1.9% / ±814)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

30.9 minutes ±5.4 (24,575  ±6,845) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Delaware County: 25.5 421,295 (±1.7 / ±32,424)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

730 ±116 Number of households
  • Delaware County: 18,947 ±444
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.4 ±0.3 (1,738  ±348) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Delaware County: 2.2 42,349 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

2.5% ±3.5% (7  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Delaware County: 9.9% † 842 (±2.6% / ±225)
  • about half the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

1,556 ±143 Number of housing units
  • Delaware County: 30,038 ±93
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$230,500 ±$50,192 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Delaware County: $176,200 ±$6,294
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

6.2% ±3.6% (111  ±68.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Delaware County: 9.9% † 4,352 (±1.5% / ±637.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

89.9% ±21.1% (1,223  ±199.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware County: 90.4% 29,984 (±2.9% / ±954.6)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
20.7% ±5% (282  ±83.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Delaware County: 26.7% 8,853 (±1.7% / ±564.1)
  • about half 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

4.9% ±2.4% (88  ±46) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Delaware County: 4.3% 1,930
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

9.7% ±4.1% (140  ±64) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Delaware County: 6.4% † 2,397 (±0.7% / ±261)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
140 Total veterans ±64 135 Male ±62 5 Female ±8

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