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Chesterfield town, Essex County, NY

2,601 Population
79 square miles 32.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±8.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Essex County: 49.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$32,578 ±$3,302 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Essex County: $40,807 ±$2,266
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$72,000 ±$16,321 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Essex County: $70,215 ±$3,895
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

16% ±5.2% (414  ±150) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Essex County: 11.8% † 4,143 (±1.4% / ±498)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

23.1 minutes ±8.9 (23,345  ±5,986) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Essex County: 22.8 333,970 (±0.8 / ±17,167)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

1,016 ±102 Number of households
  • Essex County: 16,039 ±407
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.5 ±0.3 (2,525  ±428) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 2.2 34,929 (±0.1 / ±55)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

1.2% ±1.8% (6  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Essex County: 6.1% † 400 (±2.2% / ±141)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

1,301 ±107 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 25,318 ±88
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$163,200 ±$39,171 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Essex County: $200,000 ±$10,178
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

12.9% ±7.9% (335  ±212.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Essex County: 9.7% † 3,552 (±1.5% / ±558.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

92.3% ±6% (1,685  ±207.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Essex County: 91.5% 26,461 (±3.4% / ±974.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
30% ±6.8% (547  ±137.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Essex County: 31.3% 9,052 (±2.2% / ±624)
  • about three-quarters 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

2.9% ±2.3% (74  ±61) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Essex County: 4.1% 1,513
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

8.6% ±4.6% (174  ±97) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Essex County: 8.3% † 2,583 (±1% / ±295)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
174 Total veterans ±97 143 Male ±83 31 Female ±35

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