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Willsboro town, Essex County, NY

1,903 Population
42.7 square miles 44.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55 ±4.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 49.9 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,814 ±$7,891 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Essex County: $42,694 ±$2,347
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$69,766 ±$25,620 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Essex County: $71,661 ±$4,292
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.1% ±6.7% (231  ±133) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 11.2% † 3,926 (±1.3% / ±463)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.9 minutes ±0.8 (18,905  ±6,349) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Essex County: 22.7 329,380 (±1.1 / ±19,990)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

875 ±140 Number of households
  • Essex County: 16,342 ±375
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (1,875  ±313) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Essex County: 2.1 34,676 (±0.1 / ±65)
  • 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

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

Housing

1,571 ±179 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 25,484 ±84
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$237,900 ±$48,356 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Essex County: $211,900 ±$11,846
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.9% ±5.3% (169  ±104.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Essex County: 9.6% † 3,537 (±1.4% / ±504.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.9% ±9% (1,482  ±268.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Essex County: 92.1% 26,785 (±3.2% / ±928.9)
  • about 10 percent 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)
32% ±6.3% (499  ±124.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Essex County: 32.8% 9,543 (±2.1% / ±606.6)
  • 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

3.2% ±2% (60  ±39) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Essex County: 4.1% 1,503
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.4% ±2.7% (70  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Essex County: 8% † 2,515 (±1% / ±307)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
70 Total veterans ±44 50 Male ±29 20 Female ±28

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