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Penfield town, Monroe County, NY

38,965 Population
37.2 square miles 1,046.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Monroe County: 39.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$58,565 ±$3,029 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Monroe County: $44,107 ±$541
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$119,154 ±$5,186 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Monroe County: $76,382 ±$1,188
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.3% ±1.3% (2,040  ±489) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Monroe County: 13.7% 99,469 (±0.6% / ±4,269)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20 minutes ±1.4 (293,705  ±26,633) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Monroe County: 19.9 6,123,535 (±0.3 / ±104,515)
  • 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

15,699 ±429 Number of households
  • Monroe County: 318,428 ±1,337
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (38,196  ±39) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Monroe County: 2.3 725,003 (±0 / ±332)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.9% ±1.7% (310  ±133) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Monroe County: 4.4% 7,840 (±0.4% / ±757)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

16,248 ±468 Number of housing units
  • Monroe County: 339,430 ±203
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$291,500 ±$11,887 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Monroe County: $213,700 ±$2,163
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.5% ±1.6% (2,913  ±632.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Monroe County: 13% 96,725 (±0.4% / ±3,032.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.1% ±3.6% (26,596  ±1,153.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Monroe County: 92.1% 485,730 (±1% / ±5,016.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
58% ±2.7% (16,050  ±818.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Monroe County: 41.5% 218,640 (±0.6% / ±3,384)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

7.8% ±1.6% (3,026  ±613) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Monroe County: 7.9% 59,587
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.5% ±0.9% (1,659  ±261) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Monroe County: 4.9% 29,658 (±0.2% / ±1,244)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,659 Total veterans ±261 1,621 Male ±254 38 Female ±36

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