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New Paltz, NY

8,314 Population
1.8 square miles 4,719.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.5 ±0.5 Median age
  • about half the figure in the Kingston, NY Metro Area: 44.1 ±0.2
  • about half the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$22,485 ±$3,809 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Kingston, NY Metro Area: $47,778 ±$1,445
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$52,774 ±$20,626 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Kingston, NY Metro Area: $86,271 ±$2,871
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

38.2% ±11.5% (2,065  ±621) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Kingston, NY Metro Area: 14.6% 25,635 (±0.9% / ±1,603)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

21.4 minutes ±1.7 (55,130  ±10,995) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kingston, NY Metro Area: 27.5 1,863,465 (±0.7 / ±71,286)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

2,538 ±358 Number of households
  • the Kingston, NY Metro Area: 74,278 ±803
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
2.1 ±0.3 (5,249  ±85) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kingston, NY Metro Area: 2.3 167,974 (±0 / ±316)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

0.9% ±1.3% (34  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Kingston, NY Metro Area: 4.3% † 1,718 (±0.9% / ±349)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)

Housing

2,620 ±363 Number of housing units
  • the Kingston, NY Metro Area: 86,503 ±151
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$414,500 ±$96,331 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Kingston, NY Metro Area: $352,500 ±$6,261
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

33.7% ±7.5% (2,795  ±622.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Kingston, NY Metro Area: 9.7% 17,452 (±0.8% / ±1,434.9)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

97% ±22.2% (2,598  ±394.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kingston, NY Metro Area: 92.2% 124,395 (±2% / ±2,683.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
73.3% ±3.7% (1,962  ±350.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Kingston, NY Metro Area: 38.2% 51,591 (±1.2% / ±1,631.6)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.7% ±4.2% (808  ±345) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kingston, NY Metro Area: 8.1% 14,817
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

1% ±0.6% (75  ±47) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Kingston, NY Metro Area: 4.3% 6,469 (±0.3% / ±500)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
75 Total veterans ±47 75 Male ±47 N/A Female ±19

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