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Beacon city, Dutchess County, NY

14,629 Population
4.7 square miles 3,086.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Dutchess County: 42.6 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$52,902 ±$4,169 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Dutchess County: $51,784 ±$1,388
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$93,347 ±$17,327 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Dutchess County: $97,273 ±$2,529
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

8.4% ±2.7% (1,180  ±387) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Dutchess County: 8.3% 23,328 (±0.5% / ±1,536)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

41.2 minutes ±4.1 (257,945  ±35,284) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Dutchess County: 31.4 3,949,660 (±0.5 / ±96,534)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

6,320 ±385 Number of households
  • Dutchess County: 115,184 ±632
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.2 ±0.1 (13,950  ±198) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dutchess County: 2.4 279,598 (±0 / ±161)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

3.5% ±2.5% (129  ±92) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Dutchess County: 5.3% † 3,492 (±0.7% / ±491)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

6,658 ±405 Number of housing units
  • Dutchess County: 122,636 ±108
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$422,000 ±$27,960 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Dutchess County: $368,100 ±$4,421
  • a little higher than the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

14% ±3.8% (2,041  ±549.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Dutchess County: 10.4% 30,696 (±0.6% / ±1,760.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

89.1% ±6.7% (9,807  ±793.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Dutchess County: 91.8% 194,063 (±1.5% / ±3,212.4)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
44.8% ±4.7% (4,930  ±543.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dutchess County: 39.7% 83,972 (±0.9% / ±1,977.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

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

10.3% ±2.3% (1,499  ±333) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dutchess County: 11.9% 35,242
  • about half the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

5.6% ±2% (651  ±239) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Dutchess County: 4.8% 11,694 (±0.3% / ±695)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
651 Total veterans ±239 646 Male ±238 5 Female ±8

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