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Watertown, NY Urban Area

51,547 Population
32 square miles 1,611.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.4 ±0.5 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$31,067 ±$1,486 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$58,369 ±$3,637 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

14.8% ±2.1% (7,158  ±1,031) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

14.8 minutes ±0.7 (356,755  ±21,775) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

21,544 ±569 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.1 (48,411  ±974) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

8.5% ±2.2% (1,050  ±275) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

23,989 ±511 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$158,000 ±$8,563 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

27.3% ±2.8% (13,762  ±1,429.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

92.8% ±3.5% (28,453  ±1,246.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
28.5% ±2.3% (8,731  ±726.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

7.1% ±1.2% (3,638  ±598) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

13% ±1.3% (3,819  ±390) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
3,819 Total veterans ±390 2,882 Male ±331 937 Female ±252

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