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Watertown City School District, NY

29,573 Population
28.8 square miles 1,028.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 33.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$33,550 ±$2,444 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Jefferson County: $34,603 ±$1,038
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$53,741 ±$4,536 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $64,978 ±$2,730
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

18.8% ±2.9% (5,422  ±840) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Jefferson County: 13.4% 14,832 (±1.3% / ±1,454)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

17.1 minutes ±1.2 (222,555  ±18,902) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jefferson County: 19.6 990,790 (±0.6 / ±36,365)
  • about half the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

13,696 ±491 Number of households
  • Jefferson County: 46,701 ±714
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.1 ±0.1 (28,735  ±530) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jefferson County: 2.4 111,226 (±0 / ±250)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

5.1% ±2.4% (328  ±152) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 6.4% † 1,619 (±1.2% / ±309)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

15,538 ±440 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson County: 61,721 ±128
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$156,900 ±$9,392 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $181,000 ±$4,352
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

20% ±3.3% (5,853  ±967.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 19.5% 22,350 (±1.5% / ±1,691.9)
  • about double the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

90.3% ±3.8% (18,556  ±956.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 91.3% 68,151 (±2.2% / ±1,645.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
26.1% ±2.5% (5,354  ±534.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 25.7% 19,164 (±1.2% / ±929.7)
  • 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

4.8% ±1.5% (1,404  ±436) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 4.7% 5,424
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

11.4% ±1.6% (2,483  ±357) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 12.3% 9,485 (±0.8% / ±623)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
2,483 Total veterans ±357 2,134 Male ±335 349 Female ±125

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