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Schroon town, Essex County, NY

1,902 Population
132.7 square miles 14.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53 ±5.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 49.5 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$41,420 ±$7,426 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Essex County: $40,807 ±$2,266
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$66,384 ±$9,443 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Essex County: $70,215 ±$3,895
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

9.5% ±4.5% (180  ±89) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 11.8% † 4,143 (±1.4% / ±498)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

15.4 minutes ±7.9 (8,430  ±2,669) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Essex County: 22.8 333,970 (±0.8 / ±17,167)
  • about half the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

885 ±107 Number of households
  • Essex County: 16,039 ±407
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.1 ±0.1 (1,877  ±254) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Essex County: 2.2 34,929 (±0.1 / ±55)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

3.1% ±4.8% (11  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Essex County: 6.1% † 400 (±2.2% / ±141)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

2,358 ±146 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 25,318 ±88
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$257,900 ±$17,558 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Essex County: $200,000 ±$10,178
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

7.6% ±3.5% (144  ±68.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 9.7% † 3,552 (±1.5% / ±558.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

96.9% ±0.9% (1,454  ±185.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Essex County: 91.5% 26,461 (±3.4% / ±974.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
39.9% ±6.3% (598  ±121.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 31.3% 9,052 (±2.2% / ±624)
  • about the same as 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

2.8% ±2.5% (53  ±48) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Essex County: 4.1% 1,513
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

6.5% ±2.6% (103  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 8.3% † 2,583 (±1% / ±295)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
103 Total veterans ±44 103 Male ±44 N/A Female ±13

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