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Mechanicstown, NY

7,479 Population
3.3 square miles 2,233.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±4.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$40,669 ±$5,804 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: $46,159 ±$780
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$90,414 ±$9,952 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: $96,912 ±$1,636
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

12.9% ±10.5% (936  ±776) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 11% 74,566 (±0.6% / ±4,305)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

37.7 minutes ±7.1 (119,145  ±34,110) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 33 9,501,445 (±0.5 / ±177,329)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

3,275 ±456 Number of households
  • the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 252,495 ±1,125
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.2 ±0.2 (7,268  ±1,182) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 2.7 672,162 (±0 / ±335)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

15.2% ±12% (251  ±206) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 6.2% 9,850 (±0.5% / ±775)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

3,355 ±452 Number of housing units
  • the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 271,096 ±231
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$293,800 ±$58,746 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: $364,400 ±$3,230
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

4.2% ±2.1% (307  ±162.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 9.4% 65,330 (±0.4% / ±3,004.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

87.9% ±16.7% (4,764  ±626.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 90.6% 425,995 (±1% / ±4,881.7)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
23.7% ±5.5% (1,286  ±344.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 35.6% 167,361 (±0.6% / ±2,920.7)
  • about three-fifths of 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

19.5% ±6.2% (1,459  ±518) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 12.5% 87,698
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

6.4% ±2.2% (376  ±139) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 5.3% 28,389 (±0.2% / ±1,186)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
376 Total veterans ±139 376 Male ±139 N/A Female ±19

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