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Colchester town, Delaware County, NY

1,713 Population
136.8 square miles 12.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.2 ±7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Delaware County: 48.8 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,837 ±$6,976 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Delaware County: $37,564 ±$1,407
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$67,222 ±$14,724 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Delaware County: $63,337 ±$3,063
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.2% ±5.9% (200  ±103) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Delaware County: 14.4% † 6,104 (±1.7% / ±726)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32.8 minutes ±7.6 (24,075  ±7,168) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Delaware County: 25.7 420,505 (±1.6 / ±31,493)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

716 ±110 Number of households
  • Delaware County: 19,203 ±485
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (1,642  ±287) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Delaware County: 2.2 42,165 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.6% ±6.5% (13  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Delaware County: 9% † 769 (±1.8% / ±149)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,471 ±147 Number of housing units
  • Delaware County: 30,057 ±94
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$240,500 ±$80,221 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Delaware County: $183,100 ±$6,880
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.4% ±6% (194  ±107.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Delaware County: 9.9% † 4,356 (±1.3% / ±558.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.1% ±20% (1,215  ±185.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware County: 91% 30,230 (±2.7% / ±886.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.4% ±3.9% (256  ±64.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Delaware County: 27.6% 9,162 (±1.5% / ±509.2)
  • about half the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about half 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

4.9% ±3.4% (83  ±60) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Delaware County: 4.4% 1,964
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9% ±4.2% (126  ±61) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Delaware County: 6.4% † 2,401 (±0.7% / ±252)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
126 Total veterans ±61 126 Male ±61 N/A Female ±14

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