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New Scotland town, Albany County, NY

9,087 Population
57.5 square miles 158 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.2 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Albany County: 38.1 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$57,743 ±$5,546 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Albany County: $44,101 ±$861
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New York: $47,173 ±$209
$113,125 ±$8,231 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Albany County: $78,829 ±$2,049
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New York: $81,386 ±$350

6.5% ±2.6% (590  ±240) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Albany County: 12.6% 37,608 (±0.8% / ±2,235)
  • about half the rate in New York: 13.6% 2,655,662 (±0.1% / ±26,624)

25.5 minutes ±1.4 (104,485  ±10,736) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Albany County: 21.1 2,930,645 (±0.5 / ±85,292)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 33.2 275,523,680 (±0.1 / ±986,828)

Families

3,573 ±182 Number of households
  • Albany County: 132,175 ±949
  • New York: 7,604,523 ±13,178
2.5 ±0.1 (9,081  ±34) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Albany County: 2.3 296,958 (±0 / ±156)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.6 19,400,424

3.6% ±2.2% (60  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Albany County: 4.3% † 3,406 (±0.6% / ±494)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 4.8% 228,348 (±0.1% / ±4,362)

Housing

3,744 ±193 Number of housing units
  • Albany County: 146,137 ±122
  • New York: 8,494,452 ±916

$300,300 ±$18,877 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Albany County: $263,800 ±$3,481
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $384,100 ±$1,487

4.5% ±1.8% (404  ±,161.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Albany County: 14.7% 45,858 (±0.8% / ±2,416.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 10.2% 2,026,056 (±0.1% / ±17,574.7)

Social

96.9% ±5.7% (6,436  ±,482.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Albany County: 92.6% 196,162 (±1.6% / ±3,344.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.6% 12,281,021 (±0.2% / ±31,135.3)
48.2% ±4.6% (3,204  ±,339.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Albany County: 44.4% 94,093 (±1.1% / ±2,224.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 38.8% 5,439,415 (±0.2% / ±20,453)

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

4% ±1.5% (366  ±140) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Albany County: 11.4% 35,961
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,508,936

7.3% ±1.5% (545  ±116) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Albany County: 5.1% 13,182 (±0.3% / ±817)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 4% 634,062 (±0% / ±5,837)
545 Total veterans ±116 500 Male ±112 45 Female ±40

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