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Philadelphia town, Jefferson County, NY

1,498 Population
37.7 square miles 39.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.1 ±7.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Jefferson County: 33.2 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$33,012 ±$5,509 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Jefferson County: $34,603 ±$1,038
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$71,118 ±$8,665 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Jefferson County: $64,978 ±$2,730
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

15.2% ±5.9% (215  ±89) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 13.4% 14,832 (±1.3% / ±1,454)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

28.4 minutes ±4.9 (17,195  ±4,633) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Jefferson County: 19.6 990,790 (±0.6 / ±36,365)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

571 ±78 Number of households
  • Jefferson County: 46,701 ±714
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.6 ±0.1 (1,498  ±218) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 2.4 111,226 (±0 / ±250)
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

17.8% ±12.1% (65  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Jefferson County: 6.4% † 1,619 (±1.2% / ±309)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

728 ±103 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson County: 61,721 ±128
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$175,700 ±$46,687 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Jefferson County: $181,000 ±$4,352
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

18.3% ±7.2% (264  ±110.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Jefferson County: 19.5% 22,350 (±1.5% / ±1,691.9)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

93.1% ±18% (784  ±100.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 91.3% 68,151 (±2.2% / ±1,645.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
21.1% ±5% (178  ±49.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 25.7% 19,164 (±1.2% / ±929.7)
  • 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

1.5% ±1% (23  ±16) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Jefferson County: 4.7% 5,424
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

13.4% ±3.3% (131  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 12.3% 9,485 (±0.8% / ±623)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
131 Total veterans ±37 124 Male ±35 7 Female ±8

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