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Amsterdam city, Montgomery County, NY

18,166 Population
5.9 square miles 3,093.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±1.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Montgomery County: 40.3 ±0.6
  • 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

$31,224 ±$1,588 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Montgomery County: $33,117 ±$968
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,178 ±$8,192 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Montgomery County: $64,943 ±$3,486
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.2% ±3.6% (3,642  ±649) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Montgomery County: 14.6% † 7,104 (±1.7% / ±818)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.7 minutes ±1.3 (153,040  ±14,898) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montgomery County: 24 492,995 (±1 / ±26,238)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,679 ±340 Number of households
  • Montgomery County: 19,603 ±348
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (17,714  ±37) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Montgomery County: 2.5 48,261 (±0 / ±38)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.6% ±2.4% (188  ±97) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montgomery County: 5.6% † 580 (±1.2% / ±123)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,367 ±303 Number of housing units
  • Montgomery County: 22,981 ±84
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$137,900 ±$11,186 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Montgomery County: $157,500 ±$5,744
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.3% ±3% (2,389  ±542.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Montgomery County: 9.7% † 4,717 (±1.4% / ±683.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.7% ±5.3% (11,082  ±721.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Montgomery County: 88.5% 30,346 (±3% / ±1,013.8)
  • 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)
22.5% ±2.7% (2,843  ±342.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Montgomery County: 22.9% 7,863 (±1.6% / ±550.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about three-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

4.6% ±1.2% (834  ±223) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Montgomery County: 2.9% 1,416
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±1.5% (910  ±213) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montgomery County: 7.3% † 2,757 (±0.8% / ±298)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
910 Total veterans ±213 854 Male ±204 56 Female ±45

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