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Watertown, NY Urban Area

51,282 Population
32 square miles 1,603.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.4 ±0.6 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,457 ±$1,519 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,863 ±$5,312 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16% ±2.4% (7,721  ±1,175) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15 minutes ±0.9 (363,315  ±24,747) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

21,895 ±523 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (48,213  ±1,043) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9% ±2.4% (1,132  ±310) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

24,029 ±461 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$163,900 ±$7,390 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

27.8% ±3% (13,948  ±1,526.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.8% ±3.3% (28,231  ±1,268) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.3% ±2.1% (8,525  ±669.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

7.1% ±1.4% (3,655  ±742) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

14.1% ±1.8% (4,231  ±552) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
4,231 Total veterans ±552 3,142 Male ±484 1,089 Female ±283

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