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New Paltz town, Ulster County, NY

15,051 Population
33.9 square miles 444.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.9 ±2.2 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Ulster County: 44.2 ±0.1
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$40,451 ±$3,524 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ulster County: $45,702 ±$1,250
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$89,073 ±$8,602 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ulster County: $81,804 ±$2,953
  • a little higher than the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

22.4% ±5.8% (2,734  ±710) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ulster County: 14.3% 25,084 (±1% / ±1,687)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

27.2 minutes ±2.6 (145,245  ±24,537) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Ulster County: 27.8 1,961,950 (±0.9 / ±79,713)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

5,133 ±392 Number of households
  • Ulster County: 73,105 ±823
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.4 ±0.2 (12,060  ±89) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Ulster County: 2.3 168,558 (±0 / ±311)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

2.1% ±1.4% (109  ±73) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Ulster County: 4.1% † 1,620 (±0.9% / ±350)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

5,513 ±438 Number of housing units
  • Ulster County: 86,178 ±160
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$422,600 ±$22,232 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ulster County: $315,100 ±$8,636
  • a little higher than the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

24.2% ±4.5% (3,611  ±675.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Ulster County: 9.8% 17,585 (±0.8% / ±1,501.3)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

97.3% ±5.6% (7,568  ±636.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ulster County: 91.8% 123,240 (±2% / ±2,638.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
63.4% ±5.2% (4,931  ±503.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ulster County: 37.1% 49,768 (±1.2% / ±1,597.2)
  • about 1.5 times 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

8.8% ±2.4% (1,320  ±362) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Ulster County: 8.3% 15,076
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

1.9% ±0.7% (241  ±87) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ulster County: 4.5% 6,711 (±0.4% / ±538)
  • about half the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
241 Total veterans ±87 241 Male ±87 N/A Female ±21

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