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Rensselaer city, Rensselaer County, NY

9,287 Population
3.2 square miles 2,928.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rensselaer County: 40.1 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,895 ±$3,386 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Rensselaer County: $46,000 ±$1,084
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,080 ±$8,662 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Rensselaer County: $87,915 ±$2,391
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.9% ±6.4% (1,647  ±586) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rensselaer County: 11.8% 18,191 (±1% / ±1,548)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.3 minutes ±2.1 (90,330  ±14,437) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rensselaer County: 24 1,606,375 (±0.6 / ±54,989)
  • 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

4,281 ±306 Number of households
  • Rensselaer County: 66,686 ±619
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (9,262  ±28) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Rensselaer County: 2.3 153,331 (±0 / ±208)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.4% ±5% (154  ±122) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Rensselaer County: 4.5% † 1,662 (±0.8% / ±283)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,890 ±370 Number of housing units
  • Rensselaer County: 74,543 ±105
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$208,900 ±$22,093 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Rensselaer County: $258,400 ±$6,368
  • about half the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.1% ±3.6% (1,109  ±328.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Rensselaer County: 11.3% 18,011 (±0.9% / ±1,482.2)
  • about 25 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

88.1% ±7.9% (5,938  ±644.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Rensselaer County: 92.6% 105,352 (±2.1% / ±2,418.5)
  • 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)
26.2% ±4.5% (1,762  ±320.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rensselaer County: 37.6% 42,720 (±1.4% / ±1,544.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about three-quarters 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

9.8% ±2.8% (913  ±264) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rensselaer County: 5.6% 8,987
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.9% ±1.7% (354  ±128) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rensselaer County: 6% 7,810 (±0.5% / ±610)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
354 Total veterans ±128 337 Male ±126 17 Female ±23

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