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New Scotland town, Albany County, NY

9,064 Population
57.5 square miles 157.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.4 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Albany County: 38 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$54,407 ±$4,566 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Albany County: $40,997 ±$841
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New York: $43,208 ±$189
$106,448 ±$6,631 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Albany County: $73,810 ±$2,387
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New York: $75,157 ±$322

5% ±2% (456  ±184) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Albany County: 11.7% 34,996 (±0.7% / ±2,064)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 13.5% 2,636,823 (±0.1% / ±26,596)

25.2 minutes ±1.8 (111,230  ±10,890) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Albany County: 20.7 2,981,000 (±0.4 / ±70,402)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 33.3 284,720,580 (±0.1 / ±1,011,891)

Families

3,543 ±178 Number of households
  • Albany County: 130,754 ±1,085
  • New York: 7,530,150 ±13,493
2.6 ±0.1 (9,059  ±22) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Albany County: 2.3 296,851 (±0 / ±1,025)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.6 19,542,206

2.9% ±2% (52  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Albany County: 4.3% † 3,405 (±0.7% / ±516)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 4.7% 224,967 (±0.1% / ±4,211)

Housing

3,792 ±203 Number of housing units
  • Albany County: 145,388 ±464
  • New York: 8,449,178 ±1,485

$269,300 ±$11,625 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Albany County: $235,200 ±$3,078
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $340,600 ±$1,211

4.4% ±1.8% (399  ±165.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Albany County: 14.3% 44,625 (±0.8% / ±2,383)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 10.3% 2,052,819 (±0.1% / ±17,823.7)

Social

97% ±5.3% (6,337  ±427.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Albany County: 92.8% 196,068 (±1.5% / ±3,196.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.4% 12,311,423 (±0.2% / ±30,558.5)
45.9% ±4% (2,997  ±287.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Albany County: 44.3% 93,623 (±1.1% / ±2,218.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 38.1% 5,366,712 (±0.1% / ±19,738.8)

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

2.7% ±1.2% (245  ±112) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Albany County: 11.4% 35,704 (±0.5% / ±1,523)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.5% 4,523,896 (±0.1% / ±18,762)

7.4% ±1.5% (559  ±117) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Albany County: 5.4% 13,846 (±0.3% / ±812)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 4.2% 665,257 (±0% / ±6,237)
559 Total veterans ±117 499 Male ±113 60 Female ±54

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