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Barker town, Broome County, NY

2,405 Population
41.4 square miles 58.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±11.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Broome County: 39.2 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,079 ±$3,894 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Broome County: $35,860 ±$1,054
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,348 ±$9,784 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Broome County: $62,616 ±$1,920
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.5% ±12.9% (492  ±317) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Broome County: 18.5% 34,431 (±1.2% / ±2,193)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.7 minutes ±4.9 (22,750  ±6,317) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Broome County: 19.6 1,489,050 (±0.6 / ±51,117)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

858 ±93 Number of households
  • Broome County: 82,005 ±806
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.2 (2,400  ±300) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Broome County: 2.3 185,691 (±0 / ±181)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.8% ±4.2% (25  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Broome County: 5.1% † 2,266 (±0.7% / ±327)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,021 ±99 Number of housing units
  • Broome County: 93,164 ±135
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$128,600 ±$29,308 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Broome County: $154,900 ±$3,077
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.9% ±2% (92  ±48.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Broome County: 12.9% 25,260 (±0.9% / ±1,663.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.7% ±5.9% (1,501  ±194.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Broome County: 91.4% 119,458 (±1.8% / ±2,332.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12% ±3.1% (195  ±54.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Broome County: 31% 40,559 (±1% / ±1,361.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1% ±1.1% (24  ±26) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Broome County: 6.9% 13,587
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.7% ±3.8% (170  ±70) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Broome County: 6% 9,523 (±0.4% / ±641)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
170 Total veterans ±70 160 Male ±68 10 Female ±11

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