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Hector town, Schuyler County, NY

4,850 Population
102.4 square miles 47.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.1 ±4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Schuyler County: 47.6 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$49,784 ±$7,410 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Schuyler County: $38,429 ±$2,149
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$79,904 ±$19,062 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Schuyler County: $67,663 ±$4,782
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.7% ±6.5% (759  ±313) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Schuyler County: 14.8% † 2,584 (±2.3% / ±408)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.6 minutes ±3.3 (56,600  ±10,280) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Schuyler County: 24.2 168,415 (±1.8 / ±15,408)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,065 ±155 Number of households
  • Schuyler County: 7,355 ±259
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (4,840  ±21) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Schuyler County: 2.4 17,302 (±0.1 / ±20)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.6% ±2% (14  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Schuyler County: 4% † 136 (±1.6% / ±55)
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,645 ±199 Number of housing units
  • Schuyler County: 9,752 ±32
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$218,700 ±$32,489 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Schuyler County: $171,800 ±$8,260
  • about half the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.1% ±4.9% (390  ±237.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Schuyler County: 6.7% † 1,170 (±1.6% / ±274.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.7% ±10.2% (3,503  ±407.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Schuyler County: 90.4% 11,842 (±4.1% / ±539.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
36.9% ±7% (1,365  ±265) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Schuyler County: 26.4% 3,456 (±2.4% / ±313.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • a little higher than 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

2.5% ±1.4% (120  ±70) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Schuyler County: 2% 359
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.3% ±3.5% (292  ±139) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Schuyler County: 8.3% † 1,171 (±1.3% / ±179)
  • about double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
292 Total veterans ±139 273 Male ±126 19 Female ±27

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