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Harpersfield town, Delaware County, NY

1,568 Population
42 square miles 37.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.8 ±4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Delaware County: 48.8 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,017 ±$4,075 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Delaware County: $37,564 ±$1,407
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,118 ±$8,676 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Delaware County: $63,337 ±$3,063
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.5% ±6.8% (271  ±108) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Delaware County: 14.4% † 6,104 (±1.7% / ±726)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.9 minutes ±3.7 (15,750  ±3,975) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Delaware County: 25.7 420,505 (±1.6 / ±31,493)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

649 ±100 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 (1,467  ±227) 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

3.5% ±4.1% (10  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Delaware County: 9% † 769 (±1.8% / ±149)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

981 ±92 Number of housing units
  • Delaware County: 30,057 ±94
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$222,800 ±$50,076 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Delaware County: $183,100 ±$6,880
  • about half the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.6% ±3.4% (118  ±55) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Delaware County: 9.9% † 4,356 (±1.3% / ±558.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.5% ±16.5% (1,035  ±139) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Delaware County: 91% 30,230 (±2.7% / ±886.2)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.1% ±3.3% (252  ±52.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters 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 three-fifths of 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

5.6% ±2.2% (87  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Delaware County: 4.4% 1,964
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.4% ±2.4% (72  ±34) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Delaware County: 6.4% † 2,401 (±0.7% / ±252)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
72 Total veterans ±34 72 Male ±34 N/A Female ±14

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