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Highlands town, Orange County, NY

12,894 Population
30.4 square miles 423.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.2 ±4 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Orange County: 36.9 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$39,633 ±$3,319 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Orange County: $42,019 ±$901
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$111,786 ±$14,747 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Orange County: $96,497 ±$2,376
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

6.1% ±3% (633  ±316) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Orange County: 13% 51,238 (±1% / ±3,880)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

19 minutes ±2.6 (110,450  ±17,974) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Orange County: 34.2 5,551,785 (±0.7 / ±146,574)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

3,938 ±253 Number of households
  • Orange County: 137,311 ±913
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.7 ±0.2 (10,457  ±278) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Orange County: 2.9 392,564 (±0 / ±269)
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

3.1% ±1.6% (101  ±54) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Orange County: 6.9% † 6,358 (±0.7% / ±645)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

4,240 ±258 Number of housing units
  • Orange County: 148,460 ±168
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$324,800 ±$29,166 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Orange County: $361,100 ±$4,171
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

17.1% ±3.8% (2,190  ±487) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Orange County: 8.7% 34,634 (±0.7% / ±2,637.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

91.9% ±6.9% (6,123  ±558.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Orange County: 89.7% 231,932 (±1.4% / ±3,681.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
46.6% ±5% (3,102  ±370.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Orange County: 32.2% 83,389 (±0.8% / ±2,151)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

11.8% ±2.9% (1,520  ±372) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Orange County: 13% 52,456
  • about half the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

19% ±3.7% (1,329  ±270) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Orange County: 5.6% 16,695 (±0.3% / ±967)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
1,329 Total veterans ±270 940 Male ±254 389 Female ±129

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