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Colonie town, Albany County, NY

85,590 Population
56 square miles 1,529.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±2.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Albany County: 38.9 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$51,019 ±$4,737 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Albany County: $45,167 ±$1,970
  • a little higher than the amount in New York: $48,847 ±$350
$99,810 ±$7,815 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Albany County: $81,335 ±$3,236
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New York: $82,095 ±$500

8.2% ±2.9% (6,739  ±2,372) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Albany County: 13.2% † 39,530 (±1.6% / ±4,821)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 14.2% 2,702,955 (±0.3% / ±50,606)

22 minutes ±1.9 (836,915  ±96,980) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Albany County: 21.7 3,060,935 (±0.8 / ±145,092)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.8 270,341,980 (±0.2 / ±2,010,778)

Families

33,554 ±1,975 Number of households
  • Albany County: 134,971 ±2,434
  • New York: 7,809,267 ±17,008
2.4 ±0.1 (81,859  ±292) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Albany County: 2.2 297,989 (±0 / ±399)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.4 † 18,954,246 (±71.1 / ±-555,555,600)

3.5% ±1.7% (690  ±345) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Albany County: 3.8% † 3,045 (±1.2% / ±937)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 4.9% 223,651 (±0.2% / ±9,540)

Housing

34,941 ±2,020 Number of housing units
  • Albany County: 148,506 ±183
  • New York: 8,631,232 ±832

$330,400 ±$19,416 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Albany County: $291,300 ±$10,862
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $420,200 ±$4,220

10.6% ±2.4% (8,965  ±2,000.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Albany County: 12.7% † 39,728 (±1.7% / ±5,379)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 9.6% 1,865,276 (±0.2% / ±35,369.7)

Social

95.3% ±4.2% (54,972  ±3,359.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Albany County: 94.7% 203,105 (±3.4% / ±7,485.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88.3% 12,264,360 (±0.4% / ±57,263.1)
43% ±3.3% (24,786  ±2,145.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Albany County: 45.2% 96,829 (±2.3% / ±5,020.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 40.6% 5,642,907 (±0.3% / ±38,336)

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

14.4% ±2.9% (12,317  ±2,479) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Albany County: 11.9% † 37,752 (±20,916.3% / ±3,842)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 23.1% † 4,517,996 (±,655.3% / ±40,543)

4.9% ±1.5% (3,348  ±1,019) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Albany County: 5% † 12,840 (±0.8% / ±2,096)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 3.6% 563,400 (±0.1% / ±10,870)
3,348 Total veterans ±1,019 2,493 Male ±728 855 Female ±708

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