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Rotterdam town, Schenectady County, NY

30,616 Population
35.7 square miles 858 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Schenectady County: 39.6 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,503 ±$1,838 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Schenectady County: $43,516 ±$1,279
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$86,331 ±$2,173 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Schenectady County: $79,623 ±$2,743
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7% ±1.5% (2,134  ±458) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Schenectady County: 13.3% 20,700 (±1.1% / ±1,712)
  • about half the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.5 minutes ±0.6 (297,400  ±16,561) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Schenectady County: 22.8 1,473,795 (±0.6 / ±53,279)
  • 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

13,183 ±404 Number of households
  • Schenectady County: 66,902 ±527
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (30,501  ±30) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Schenectady County: 2.3 155,126 (±0 / ±194)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.5% ±1.9% (444  ±133) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Schenectady County: 5.8% † 2,111 (±1% / ±371)
  • 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

13,780 ±428 Number of housing units
  • Schenectady County: 71,244 ±105
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$227,000 ±$4,258 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Schenectady County: $235,700 ±$3,709
  • about half the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.1% ±2% (2,743  ±613.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Schenectady County: 11.8% 18,657 (±1% / ±1,511.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.5% ±3.7% (20,567  ±947.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Schenectady County: 91.8% 101,563 (±2.1% / ±2,319.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
31.5% ±2.4% (6,778  ±545.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Schenectady County: 36.1% 39,966 (±1.3% / ±1,405.3)
  • 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

4.8% ±0.9% (1,457  ±288) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Schenectady County: 10% 15,977
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±1.3% (1,555  ±310) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Schenectady County: 5.3% 6,724 (±0.5% / ±593)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,555 Total veterans ±310 1,306 Male ±245 249 Female ±149

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