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Sullivan County, NY

79,806 Population
968.1 square miles 82.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$35,626 ±$4,040 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $43,078 ±$345
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$54,276 ±$8,810 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $74,314 ±$613
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

18.3% ±5.1% (13,942  ±3,911) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 13.9% 2,688,587 (±0.3% / ±47,579)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

28.6 minutes ±1.8 (839,045  ±60,411) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 33.3 284,720,580 (±0.1 / ±1,011,891)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,757,208,800 (±0.1 / ±8,102,155)

Families

32,529 ±1,943 Number of households
  • New York: 7,652,666 ±17,305
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.3 ±0.2 (74,964  ±1,671) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,265,908 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

3.7% ±3.3% (582  ±529) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 4.6% 213,704 (±0.2% / ±8,773)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

49,564 ±730 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,530,561 ±867
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$217,000 ±$22,722 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $368,800 ±$2,957
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

8.2% ±2.9% (6,508  ±2,264.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,042,824 (±0.2% / ±41,806.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

85% ±5.9% (47,874  ±3,569.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 88% 12,313,514 (±0.4% / ±59,937.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
29.7% ±3.4% (16,722  ±1,959.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 39.9% 5,583,687 (±0.3% / ±39,932.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

12.9% ±2.9% (10,263  ±2,341) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 22.3% 4,427,356 (±0.2% / ±43,047)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

5.7% ±1.6% (3,589  ±1,009) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 614,289 (±0.1% / ±12,232)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
3,589 Total veterans ±1,009 3,224 Male ±892 365 Female ±350

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