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Princetown town, Schenectady County, NY

1,934 Population
24 square miles 80.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.1 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Schenectady County: 39.6 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$48,908 ±$5,908 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Schenectady County: $41,529 ±$1,029
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$95,833 ±$22,575 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Schenectady County: $76,989 ±$2,249
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

5.5% ±3% (107  ±59) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Schenectady County: 12.5% 19,384 (±1.1% / ±1,737)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

33.2 minutes ±4.6 (30,235  ±7,208) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Schenectady County: 22.8 1,497,530 (±0.5 / ±45,075)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

834 ±98 Number of households
  • Schenectady County: 66,324 ±555
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.3 ±0.4 (1,925  ±222) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Schenectady County: 2.3 154,629 (±0 / ±177)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

892 ±104 Number of housing units
  • Schenectady County: 71,051 ±103
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$293,800 ±$32,037 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Schenectady County: $223,100 ±$3,751
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

6.6% ±3.7% (127  ±72.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Schenectady County: 12.4% 19,502 (±1% / ±1,576.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

96.7% ±7% (1,455  ±180.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Schenectady County: 91.8% 100,968 (±2% / ±2,206.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
29.6% ±6.4% (445  ±105.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Schenectady County: 35.1% 38,542 (±1.2% / ±1,359.5)
  • about three-quarters 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

3.6% ±3.2% (70  ±63) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Schenectady County: 10.3% 16,354
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

6.5% ±2.5% (104  ±42) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Schenectady County: 5.6% 7,025 (±0.5% / ±654)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
104 Total veterans ±42 77 Male ±32 27 Female ±21

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