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Colonie town, Albany County, NY

86,536 Population
56 square miles 1,546.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Albany County: 38.4 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$49,941 ±$3,507 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Albany County: $48,781 ±$2,224
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $51,002 ±$412
$94,826 ±$11,079 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Albany County: $80,900 ±$3,598
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $85,820 ±$653

8% ±2.4% (6,587  ±1,951) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Albany County: 13% † 39,418 (±2.1% / ±6,383)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 14% 2,704,799 (±0.3% / ±50,713)

20 minutes ±0.8 (718,065  ±36,635) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Albany County: 21.4 2,855,835 (±0.5 / ±80,882)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

35,913 ±1,781 Number of households
  • Albany County: 140,559 ±1,750
  • New York: 7,828,074 ±18,401
2.3 ±0.1 (82,270  ±118) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Albany County: 2.1 299,526 (±0 / ±389)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,188,964

3.6% ±2.2% (762  ±475) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Albany County: 4.5% † 3,631 (±1.7% / ±1,380)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 4.7% 219,646 (±0.2% / ±8,685)

Housing

36,969 ±1,802 Number of housing units
  • Albany County: 149,041 ±187
  • New York: 8,676,911 ±743

$345,200 ±$17,591 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Albany County: $323,600 ±$11,794
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $449,800 ±$3,718

9.6% ±2.6% (8,295  ±2,203.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Albany County: 11.9% † 37,430 (±1.4% / ±4,460.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 9.3% 1,836,837 (±0.2% / ±36,336)

Social

94.6% ±5.3% (57,150  ±3,798.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Albany County: 93.3% 203,065 (±3.5% / ±7,621.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,430,128 (±0.4% / ±58,727.5)
46.7% ±4% (28,236  ±2,607.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Albany County: 48.4% 105,353 (±2.4% / ±5,220.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 41.2% 5,819,065 (±0.3% / ±39,724.9)

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

13.4% ±2.1% (11,580  ±1,853) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Albany County: 13.3% 42,572
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 23.3% 4,621,382

4.5% ±1.3% (3,115  ±917) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Albany County: 4.6% † 11,965 (±0.8% / ±1,993)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 3.5% 550,582 (±0.1% / ±11,292)
3,115 Total veterans ±917 2,770 Male ±859 345 Female ±301

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