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Union town, Broome County, NY

55,078 Population
35.4 square miles 1,554.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Broome County: 39.2 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,781 ±$1,757 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Broome County: $35,860 ±$1,054
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,713 ±$1,769 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Broome County: $62,616 ±$1,920
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.2% ±2.1% (8,730  ±1,105) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Broome County: 18.5% 34,431 (±1.2% / ±2,193)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.7 minutes ±0.8 (412,610  ±25,345) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Broome County: 19.6 1,489,050 (±0.6 / ±51,117)
  • about half the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

24,963 ±707 Number of households
  • Broome County: 82,005 ±806
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (53,732  ±110) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Broome County: 2.3 185,691 (±0 / ±181)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.2% ±1.5% (643  ±191) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Broome County: 5.1% † 2,266 (±0.7% / ±327)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

27,772 ±633 Number of housing units
  • Broome County: 93,164 ±135
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$149,900 ±$5,181 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Broome County: $154,900 ±$3,077
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.4% ±1.5% (6,182  ±789.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Broome County: 12.9% 25,260 (±0.9% / ±1,663.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.1% ±3.2% (35,886  ±1,383.4) 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)
33% ±2% (12,843  ±819.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Broome County: 31% 40,559 (±1% / ±1,361.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about 90 percent 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

6.4% ±0.9% (3,517  ±497) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Broome County: 6.9% 13,587
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±0.8% (3,111  ±350) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Broome County: 6% 9,523 (±0.4% / ±641)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
3,111 Total veterans ±350 3,037 Male ±351 74 Female ±46

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