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Hancock town, Delaware County, NY

2,777 Population
159 square miles 17.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.6 ±6.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Delaware County: 48.8 ±0.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$35,061 ±$3,353 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Delaware County: $35,996 ±$1,523
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$62,587 ±$6,752 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Delaware County: $60,226 ±$2,922
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

9.5% ±3.4% (262  ±93) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Delaware County: 14.9% † 6,317 (±1.9% / ±814)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

31.9 minutes ±4.8 (36,000  ±6,975) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 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

1,283 ±107 Number of households
  • Delaware County: 18,947 ±444
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.2 ±0.2 (2,766  ±27) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Delaware County: 2.2 42,349 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

13.5% ±12.7% (72  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Delaware County: 9.9% † 842 (±2.6% / ±225)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

2,535 ±144 Number of housing units
  • Delaware County: 30,038 ±93
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$145,200 ±$10,972 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Delaware County: $176,200 ±$6,294
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

9.8% ±4% (268  ±110.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware County: 9.9% † 4,352 (±1.5% / ±637.3)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

92.4% ±8.1% (2,018  ±220.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware County: 90.4% 29,984 (±2.9% / ±954.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
21% ±5% (459  ±114) 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

5% ±3.2% (139  ±88) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 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

8.3% ±3% (199  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 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)
199 Total veterans ±73 170 Male ±56 29 Female ±28

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