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Lorraine town, Jefferson County, NY

878 Population
39 square miles 22.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±10.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 33.7 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,738 ±$8,278 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $36,025 ±$1,152
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,893 ±$18,780 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Jefferson County: $66,301 ±$2,730
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.1% ±10.1% (159  ±99) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Jefferson County: 13.7% † 15,052 (±1.5% / ±1,599)
  • 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)

19.8 minutes ±8 (7,465  ±1,872) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Jefferson County: 19.5 978,635 (±0.6 / ±37,781)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

334 ±73 Number of households
  • Jefferson County: 47,606 ±645
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.4 (878  ±240) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 2.3 110,240 (±0 / ±213)
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.3% ±5.6% (12  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 6.9% † 1,718 (±1.4% / ±346)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

418 ±83 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson County: 61,862 ±110
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$152,400 ±$27,072 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $188,200 ±$6,002
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.4% ±3.9% (21  ±34.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 19.9% 22,531 (±1.6% / ±1,815)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.4% ±25.1% (512  ±89.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Jefferson County: 92% 68,159 (±2.3% / ±1,683.8)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.9% ±5.1% (92  ±36.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Jefferson County: 26.5% 19,597 (±1.3% / ±933.6)
  • about two-fifths of 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

N/A Foreign-born population

12.1% ±6% (76  ±41) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Jefferson County: 12.7% 9,861 (±1% / ±743)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
76 Total veterans ±41 73 Male ±40 3 Female ±6

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