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Westport town, Essex County, NY

1,481 Population
58.2 square miles 25.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.4 ±5.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 49.5 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$47,219 ±$8,215 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Essex County: $40,807 ±$2,266
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$64,088 ±$8,919 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Essex County: $70,215 ±$3,895
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

14% ±3.3% (206  ±75) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 11.8% † 4,143 (±1.4% / ±498)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

28.4 minutes ±3.8 (12,655  ±4,192) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 22.8 333,970 (±0.8 / ±17,167)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

663 ±113 Number of households
  • Essex County: 16,039 ±407
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.2 ±0.5 (1,442  ±402) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Essex County: 2.2 34,929 (±0.1 / ±55)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,077 ±131 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 25,318 ±88
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$215,000 ±$57,786 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Essex County: $200,000 ±$10,178
  • about half the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

2.6% ±1.9% (38  ±29.3) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Essex County: 9.7% † 3,552 (±1.5% / ±558.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

94.6% ±24.2% (1,040  ±169) 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)
32.6% ±4.3% (358  ±85.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Essex County: 31.3% 9,052 (±2.2% / ±624)
  • about 80 percent of 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

1.8% ±1.3% (26  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Essex County: 4.1% 1,513
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

12.8% ±3% (159  ±54) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Essex County: 8.3% † 2,583 (±1% / ±295)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
159 Total veterans ±54 141 Male ±57 18 Female ±16

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