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Pelham town, Westchester County, NY

12,949 Population
2.2 square miles 5,954 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Westchester County: 41.8 ±0.2
  • 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

$103,634 ±$7,636 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Westchester County: $72,705 ±$1,066
  • about double the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • more than double the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$210,813 ±$21,868 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Westchester County: $118,976 ±$2,567
  • more than double the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • more than double the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.7% ±1.2% (347  ±161) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Westchester County: 9% 88,130 (±0.4% / ±4,019)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

38.4 minutes ±0.9 (177,400  ±18,486) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Westchester County: 34.6 13,653,895 (±0.4 / ±202,297)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,269 ±235 Number of households
  • Westchester County: 372,883 ±1,455
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.2 (12,902  ±42) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Westchester County: 2.6 973,210 (±0 / ±281)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.3% ±1.5% (92  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Westchester County: 4.6% † 10,416 (±0.5% / ±1,046)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,436 ±251 Number of housing units
  • Westchester County: 394,358 ±190
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$974,300 ±$45,020 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Westchester County: $663,200 ±$5,709
  • more than double the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.4% ±2.3% (952  ±295.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Westchester County: 9% 88,976 (±0.4% / ±3,982.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.7% ±6.5% (7,933  ±599.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Westchester County: 89.4% 627,149 (±0.9% / ±6,189.5)
  • 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)
75.1% ±5.5% (6,229  ±505.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Westchester County: 53.1% 372,747 (±0.7% / ±4,585.3)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • more than double 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

18.4% ±3% (2,380  ±385) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Westchester County: 26.1% 260,427
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

1.7% ±0.6% (151  ±53) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Westchester County: 2.9% 22,789 (±0.2% / ±1,343)
  • about half the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
151 Total veterans ±53 150 Male ±53 1 Female ±4

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