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Denmark town, Lewis County, NY

2,630 Population
50.7 square miles 51.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.9 ±7.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lewis County: 41.9 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,550 ±$3,028 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Lewis County: $33,677 ±$1,122
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,270 ±$3,501 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lewis County: $68,182 ±$3,903
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.7% ±6.9% (439  ±181) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lewis County: 12.3% † 3,254 (±1.4% / ±379)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.3 minutes ±2.2 (26,700  ±3,735) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Lewis County: 24.2 260,065 (±1.4 / ±17,174)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,089 ±81 Number of households
  • Lewis County: 11,110 ±274
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (2,590  ±50) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lewis County: 2.4 26,223 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.1% ±5.3% (35  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lewis County: 5.7% † 302 (±1.3% / ±70)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,334 ±102 Number of housing units
  • Lewis County: 15,637 ±55
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$193,600 ±$24,761 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Lewis County: $166,100 ±$5,193
  • about half the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.6% ±2.5% (146  ±64.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lewis County: 7.8% † 2,058 (±1.1% / ±290.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.9% ±7.4% (1,769  ±179.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lewis County: 92.3% 17,160 (±3.1% / ±571.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.7% ±3% (277  ±59) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lewis County: 18.6% 3,450 (±1.5% / ±280.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about two-fifths of 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

0.5% ±0.6% (12  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Lewis County: 1.4% 363
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11% ±4% (226  ±83) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lewis County: 8.3% 1,703 (±0.8% / ±164)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
226 Total veterans ±83 208 Male ±79 18 Female ±14

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