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Poughkeepsie city, Dutchess County, NY

31,778 Population
5.1 square miles 6,177 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dutchess County: 42.6 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$43,459 ±$9,161 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Dutchess County: $51,784 ±$1,388
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$60,050 ±$5,933 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Dutchess County: $97,273 ±$2,529
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

18% ±3.3% (5,603  ±1,014) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Dutchess County: 8.3% 23,328 (±0.5% / ±1,536)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

21.9 minutes ±1.8 (299,655  ±30,240) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Dutchess County: 31.4 3,949,660 (±0.5 / ±96,534)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

13,442 ±615 Number of households
  • Dutchess County: 115,184 ±632
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.3 ±0.1 (30,805  ±37) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Dutchess County: 2.4 279,598 (±0 / ±161)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

4.5% ±2.5% (373  ±203) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dutchess County: 5.3% † 3,492 (±0.7% / ±491)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

14,254 ±645 Number of housing units
  • Dutchess County: 122,636 ±108
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$259,200 ±$17,024 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Dutchess County: $368,100 ±$4,421
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

11% ±2% (3,445  ±618.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Dutchess County: 10.4% 30,696 (±0.6% / ±1,760.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

87.3% ±4.6% (19,748  ±1,143.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Dutchess County: 91.8% 194,063 (±1.5% / ±3,212.4)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
31.5% ±2.9% (7,118  ±680.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dutchess County: 39.7% 83,972 (±0.9% / ±1,977.8)
  • 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

21.5% ±3.5% (6,836  ±1,095) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Dutchess County: 11.9% 35,242
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

3.9% ±0.9% (985  ±239) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dutchess County: 4.8% 11,694 (±0.3% / ±695)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
985 Total veterans ±239 797 Male ±206 188 Female ±127

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