Census Reporter

Westchester County, NY

967,506 Population
430.6 square miles 2,246.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 39.2 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$60,213 ±$1,391 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New York: $41,857 ±$295
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$101,908 ±$2,096 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New York: $72,108 ±$452
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

8.2% ±1% (77,022  ±9,385) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 13% 2,467,006 (±0.2% / ±45,734)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

36.1 minutes ±0.5 (16,159,005  ±332,625) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 34 305,193,510 (±0.1 / ±1,359,093)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

355,136 ±3,238 Number of households
  • New York: 7,446,812 ±13,820
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.7 ±0 (943,432  ±2,489) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 18,884,948
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

4.9% ±0.9% (10,940  ±1,994) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 4.7% 217,713 (±0.2% / ±8,616)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

377,263 ±936 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,404,205 ±839
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$559,400 ±$11,769 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $338,700 ±$3,182
  • more than double the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

9.8% ±0.9% (94,084  ±8,613.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 10.5% 2,027,540 (±0.2% / ±35,825.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

89.9% ±1.9% (604,877  ±12,515.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.6% 11,970,504 (±0.4% / ±55,181)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
51.3% ±1.3% (345,302  ±8,524.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 37.8% 5,166,218 (±0.3% / ±35,028.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

34.1% ±1.1% (311,404  ±9,755.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 30.7% 5,623,805 (±0.2% / ±36,399.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 22% 67,802,345 (±0.1% / ±214,346.6)

25.5% ±1% (247,140  ±10,012) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 22.4% 4,360,291 (±0.2% / ±42,271)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

3.5% ±0.3% (26,242  ±2,522) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 4.3% 655,055 (±0.1% / ±10,056)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
26,242 Total veterans ±2,522 24,451 Male ±2,495 1,791 Female ±788

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