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Dutchess County, NY

299,963 Population
795.6 square miles 377 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 40.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$53,564 ±$2,270 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in New York: $51,002 ±$412
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$94,725 ±$6,706 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $85,820 ±$653
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.2% ±1.1% (23,206  ±2,988) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 14% 2,704,799 (±0.3% / ±50,713)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

32.1 minutes ±1.3 (4,107,800  ±218,301) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 33.2 279,586,620 (±0.2 / ±1,926,387)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

116,771 ±1,400 Number of households
  • New York: 7,828,074 ±18,401
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (278,956  ±222) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,188,964
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.4% ±1.3% (2,261  ±856) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 4.7% 219,646 (±0.2% / ±8,685)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

124,268 ±106 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,676,911 ±743
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$444,000 ±$11,955 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $449,800 ±$3,718
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.5% ±1.3% (28,248  ±3,872.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 9.3% 1,836,837 (±0.2% / ±36,336)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93% ±3.2% (200,500  ±6,964.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,430,128 (±0.4% / ±58,727.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
43.4% ±2.2% (93,462  ±4,742.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 41.2% 5,819,065 (±0.3% / ±39,724.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

11.6% (34,667  ±3,318) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in New York: 23.3% 4,621,382
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.5% ±0.7% (11,063  ±1,591) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 3.5% 550,582 (±0.1% / ±11,292)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
11,063 Total veterans ±1,591 10,316 Male ±1,525 747 Female ±380

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