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Poestenkill, NY

828 Population
5.9 square miles 140.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.8 ±6.1 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 40.5 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$52,455 ±$8,908 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: $47,155 ±$563
  • a little higher than the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$94,891 ±$43,547 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: $86,072 ±$1,298
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

11.2% ±9.4% (93  ±81) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 10.9% 95,090 (±0.4% / ±3,463)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

26 minutes ±11.9 (11,240  ±3,517) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 23.4 9,037,895 (±0.3 / ±135,439)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

340 ±77 Number of households
  • the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 377,559 ±1,455
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.4 ±0.2 (828  ±203) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 2.3 867,651 (±0 / ±358)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

366 ±85 Number of housing units
  • the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 420,069 ±263
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$247,900 ±$61,139 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: $268,400 ±$2,382
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

8.6% ±7.9% (71  ±67.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 12.4% 111,070 (±0.4% / ±3,849.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

97.1% ±34.8% (629  ±148.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 93.1% 586,748 (±0.9% / ±5,404.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
32.4% ±8.1% (210  ±77.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 40.9% 257,793 (±0.5% / ±3,371.3)
  • about 80 percent 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

3.6% ±5% (30  ±42) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 8.5% 76,253
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

12% ±10.3% (85  ±76) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 6% 43,909 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
85 Total veterans ±76 74 Male ±69 11 Female ±17

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