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Poughkeepsie town, Dutchess County, NY

45,458 Population
28.5 square miles 1,592.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dutchess County: 42.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$46,492 ±$2,858 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dutchess County: $51,784 ±$1,388
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$96,692 ±$6,792 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Dutchess County: $97,273 ±$2,529
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

8.1% ±1.6% (3,234  ±632) 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)

29.2 minutes ±1.5 (557,815  ±38,641) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dutchess County: 31.4 3,949,660 (±0.5 / ±96,534)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

16,857 ±471 Number of households
  • Dutchess County: 115,184 ±632
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.4 ±0.1 (39,662  ±55) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Dutchess County: 2.4 279,598 (±0 / ±161)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

4.1% ±1.4% (489  ±174) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Dutchess County: 5.3% † 3,492 (±0.7% / ±491)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

17,248 ±496 Number of housing units
  • Dutchess County: 122,636 ±108
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$325,800 ±$11,134 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dutchess County: $368,100 ±$4,421
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

14.3% ±1.9% (6,440  ±857.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 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

92.9% ±3.9% (27,240  ±1,309.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dutchess County: 91.8% 194,063 (±1.5% / ±3,212.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
42.8% ±2.8% (12,559  ±871.8) 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

15.4% ±1.9% (6,992  ±856) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Dutchess County: 11.9% 35,242
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

4.2% ±0.9% (1,600  ±358) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dutchess County: 4.8% 11,694 (±0.3% / ±695)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
1,600 Total veterans ±358 1,553 Male ±366 47 Female ±42

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