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Alfred, NY

4,632 Population
1.2 square miles 3,892.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

20 ±0.4 Median age
  • about half the figure in Allegany County: 38.9 ±0.4
  • about half the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$12,949 ±$2,356 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Allegany County: $30,016 ±$1,743
  • about one-quarter of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$45,357 ±$15,628 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Allegany County: $61,233 ±$2,429
  • about half the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

32.7% ±10.7% (421  ±156) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Allegany County: 16.8% 7,095 (±1.6% / ±659)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

12 minutes ±1.5 (15,405  ±3,270) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Allegany County: 22.6 393,620 (±0.6 / ±16,209)
  • about one-third of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

588 ±113 Number of households
  • Allegany County: 17,057 ±356
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.2 ±0.6 (1,289  ±224) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Allegany County: 2.5 42,378 (±0.1 / ±53)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

1.3% ±0.9% (22  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Allegany County: 4.6% † 481 (±1% / ±101)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

680 ±124 Number of housing units
  • Allegany County: 23,538 ±98
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$169,100 ±$26,640 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Allegany County: $97,900 ±$3,394
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

41.5% ±4.8% (1,911  ±239.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Allegany County: 12.3% 5,747 (±1% / ±454.5)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

95.4% ±22.4% (747  ±113.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Allegany County: 91.6% 27,295 (±2.4% / ±715.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
69.1% ±16.8% (541  ±89) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in Allegany County: 24.6% 7,317 (±1.3% / ±393.7)
  • more than 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

6.8% ±1.9% (317  ±87) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Allegany County: 1.8% 858
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

0.8% ±0.5% (33  ±24) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Allegany County: 8.3% 3,137 (±0.5% / ±199)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
33 Total veterans ±24 29 Male ±23 4 Female ±6

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