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West Carthage, NY

1,918 Population
1.3 square miles 1,466.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.4 ±2.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 33.2 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$45,214 ±$9,489 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: $34,603 ±$1,038
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$49,074 ±$3,453 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: $64,978 ±$2,730
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

11.2% ±4.5% (212  ±93) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 13.4% 14,832 (±1.3% / ±1,454)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

24.7 minutes ±4.1 (20,715  ±6,143) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 19.6 990,790 (±0.6 / ±36,365)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

992 ±173 Number of households
  • the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 46,701 ±714
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
1.9 ±0.5 (1,908  ±325) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 2.4 111,226 (±0 / ±250)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

10% ±6% (56  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 6.4% † 1,619 (±1.2% / ±309)
  • about double the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

1,077 ±179 Number of housing units
  • the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 61,721 ±128
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$172,900 ±$34,926 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: $181,000 ±$4,352
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

33.1% ±10.7% (617  ±224.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 19.5% 22,350 (±1.5% / ±1,691.9)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

85.7% ±20.2% (1,084  ±179.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 91.3% 68,151 (±2.2% / ±1,645.3)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
21.3% ±4.5% (270  ±72.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 25.7% 19,164 (±1.2% / ±929.7)
  • about half 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

9.4% ±6.8% (181  ±134) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 4.7% 5,424
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

12.4% ±4.4% (175  ±68) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 12.3% 9,485 (±0.8% / ±623)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
175 Total veterans ±68 141 Male ±55 34 Female ±32

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