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Amsterdam town, Montgomery County, NY

5,578 Population
29.6 square miles 188.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.7 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Montgomery County: 40.3 ±0.6
  • about 20 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

$39,947 ±$4,391 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Montgomery County: $33,117 ±$968
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$83,989 ±$17,090 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Montgomery County: $64,943 ±$3,486
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.4% ±4.4% (447  ±234) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Montgomery County: 14.6% † 7,104 (±1.7% / ±818)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.2 minutes ±2.6 (58,265  ±9,713) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Montgomery County: 24 492,995 (±1 / ±26,238)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,250 ±205 Number of households
  • Montgomery County: 19,603 ±348
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (5,234  ±32) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Montgomery County: 2.5 48,261 (±0 / ±38)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.6% ±5.6% (78  ±67) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Montgomery County: 5.6% † 580 (±1.2% / ±123)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,430 ±223 Number of housing units
  • Montgomery County: 22,981 ±84
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$216,100 ±$12,679 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Montgomery County: $157,500 ±$5,744
  • about half the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12% ±4.9% (660  ±269.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Montgomery County: 9.7% † 4,717 (±1.4% / ±683.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.8% ±9% (4,078  ±425.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Montgomery County: 88.5% 30,346 (±3% / ±1,013.8)
  • a little 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)
31.3% ±5.9% (1,374  ±264.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Montgomery County: 22.9% 7,863 (±1.6% / ±550.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about 90 percent 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

3.5% ±2% (197  ±113) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Montgomery County: 2.9% 1,416
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.2% ±2.6% (443  ±126) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Montgomery County: 7.3% † 2,757 (±0.8% / ±298)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
443 Total veterans ±126 426 Male ±123 17 Female ±24

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