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Stephentown town, Rensselaer County, NY

2,778 Population
57.9 square miles 48 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.7 ±7.6 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Rensselaer County: 40.2 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$45,102 ±$4,377 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Rensselaer County: $45,113 ±$1,111
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$86,097 ±$9,025 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Rensselaer County: $86,663 ±$2,122
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

3% ±2.8% (81  ±76) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Rensselaer County: 11.8% 18,177 (±0.8% / ±1,219)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

30 minutes ±2.3 (39,045  ±7,566) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Rensselaer County: 23.9 1,640,730 (±0.7 / ±59,529)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

1,173 ±97 Number of households
  • Rensselaer County: 66,233 ±599
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.4 ±0.2 (2,778  ±15) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Rensselaer County: 2.3 153,862 (±0 / ±191)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

5% ±5.1% (26  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rensselaer County: 4.7% † 1,725 (±0.9% / ±329)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

1,303 ±127 Number of housing units
  • Rensselaer County: 74,388 ±99
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$207,200 ±$27,528 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Rensselaer County: $244,300 ±$4,823
  • about half the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

2.2% ±1.8% (62  ±48.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Rensselaer County: 12.4% 19,763 (±1% / ±1,602.4)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

91.5% ±12.8% (2,010  ±312.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rensselaer County: 92.7% 105,173 (±2% / ±2,235.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
28% ±9.8% (614  ±218.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rensselaer County: 37.3% 42,276 (±1.2% / ±1,331.1)
  • about two-thirds of 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

2.6% ±2.1% (73  ±58) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rensselaer County: 6% 9,684
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

6.6% ±2.6% (155  ±63) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Rensselaer County: 6.4% 8,226 (±0.6% / ±709)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
155 Total veterans ±63 155 Male ±63 N/A Female ±13

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