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Rensselaer, NY

9,247 Population
3.2 square miles 2,909.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±5.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 40.5 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$38,123 ±$3,486 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: $47,155 ±$563
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$66,046 ±$8,902 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: $86,072 ±$1,298
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

19.6% ±5.3% (1,798  ±491) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 10.9% 95,090 (±0.4% / ±3,463)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

23.7 minutes ±5.6 (99,860  ±26,508) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 23.4 9,037,895 (±0.3 / ±135,439)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

4,425 ±301 Number of households
  • the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 377,559 ±1,455
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.1 ±0.1 (9,221  ±36) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 2.3 867,651 (±0 / ±358)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

12.1% ±6.5% (276  ±153) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 4.7% 9,791 (±0.4% / ±773)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

4,943 ±322 Number of housing units
  • the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 420,069 ±263
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$202,600 ±$19,437 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: $268,400 ±$2,382
  • about half the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

13.8% ±4.3% (1,248  ±394.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 12.4% 111,070 (±0.4% / ±3,849.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

89.3% ±8.7% (6,221  ±666.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 93.1% 586,748 (±0.9% / ±5,404.7)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
26.5% ±4.4% (1,846  ±314.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 40.9% 257,793 (±0.5% / ±3,371.3)
  • about two-thirds 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

9.2% ±2.4% (852  ±226) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 8.5% 76,253
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

5.5% ±2.1% (407  ±154) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 6% 43,909 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
407 Total veterans ±154 395 Male ±155 12 Female ±20

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