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Schenectady, NY

68,545 Population
10.8 square miles 6,342.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 41 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$28,305 ±$2,619 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: $46,063 ±$1,021
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $48,847 ±$350
$54,773 ±$4,941 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: $82,410 ±$1,860
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $82,095 ±$500

29.4% ±6.4% (19,126  ±4,183) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 11.9% 103,903 (±0.9% / ±8,055)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 14.2% 2,702,955 (±0.3% / ±50,606)

22.5 minutes ±1 (619,820  ±35,036) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 23.4 9,037,895 (±0.3 / ±135,439)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

28,730 ±1,662 Number of households
  • the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 386,690 ±3,588
  • New York: 7,809,267 ±17,008
2.3 ±0.1 (64,622  ±846) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 2.3 868,236 (±0 / ±1,746)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.4 18,954,246

4.7% ±3% (843  ±532) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 4.2% † 8,861 (±0.7% / ±1,510)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 4.9% 223,651 (±0.2% / ±9,540)

Housing

30,738 ±1,725 Number of housing units
  • the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 424,620 ±773
  • New York: 8,631,232 ±832

$170,800 ±$19,141 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: $284,000 ±$5,797
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $420,200 ±$4,220

12.6% ±3.9% (8,592  ±2,632.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 11.6% 104,471 (±0.9% / ±8,155.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 9.6% 1,865,276 (±0.2% / ±35,369.7)

Social

85.1% ±7% (37,889  ±3,564) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 93.9% 597,257 (±1.9% / ±12,204)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 88.3% 12,264,360 (±0.4% / ±57,263.1)
24.1% ±4.4% (10,742  ±2,017.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 41.3% 262,282 (±1.2% / ±7,881.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 40.6% 5,642,907 (±0.3% / ±38,336)

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

15% ±3.7% (10,302  ±2,540) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 8.5% 76,593
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 23.1% 4,517,996

4.2% ±1.5% (2,299  ±813) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 5.7% 41,791 (±0.5% / ±3,512)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 3.6% 563,400 (±0.1% / ±10,870)
2,299 Total veterans ±813 2,090 Male ±799 209 Female ±224

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