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Denmark town, Lewis County, NY

2,655 Population
50.7 square miles 52.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±5.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lewis County: 42 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$29,925 ±$2,952 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lewis County: $32,690 ±$1,004
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$66,298 ±$9,454 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Lewis County: $68,329 ±$3,456
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

15.7% ±5% (417  ±134) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lewis County: 12.3% † 3,230 (±1.5% / ±385)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

20.9 minutes ±2.2 (23,165  ±3,313) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lewis County: 24.2 263,155 (±1.3 / ±15,813)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

1,021 ±81 Number of households
  • Lewis County: 10,958 ±245
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.6 ±0.2 (2,633  ±46) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lewis County: 2.4 26,249 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

7.5% ±5.1% (40  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lewis County: 6.3% † 334 (±1.4% / ±73)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

1,236 ±95 Number of housing units
  • Lewis County: 15,572 ±41
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$202,400 ±$50,021 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Lewis County: $158,000 ±$6,207
  • about half the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

7.2% ±3% (189  ±79.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Lewis County: 7.6% † 2,012 (±1.1% / ±280.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

92.6% ±6.1% (1,610  ±160) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lewis County: 91.4% 16,881 (±3% / ±549)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
17.6% ±3.6% (305  ±66.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lewis County: 19.4% 3,586 (±1.5% / ±269.3)
  • about two-fifths 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

0.9% ±0.8% (24  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lewis County: 1.2% 323
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

11.3% ±4.4% (218  ±85) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lewis County: 8.5% 1,729 (±0.7% / ±149)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
218 Total veterans ±85 207 Male ±82 11 Female ±10

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