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Herkimer town, Herkimer County, NY

9,553 Population
31.7 square miles 301.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47 ±2.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Herkimer County: 44.6 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$34,334 ±$3,388 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Herkimer County: $35,959 ±$1,132
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$61,855 ±$12,560 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Herkimer County: $68,858 ±$2,236
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

16.1% ±3.3% (1,439  ±299) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Herkimer County: 13.3% † 7,826 (±1.4% / ±822)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

20.5 minutes ±2.9 (84,475  ±14,843) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Herkimer County: 25.2 628,380 (±1 / ±31,943)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

4,188 ±189 Number of households
  • Herkimer County: 25,426 ±382
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.1 ±0.1 (8,860  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Herkimer County: 2.3 58,660 (±0 / ±19)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

2.1% ±1.5% (47  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Herkimer County: 5.3% † 634 (±1.3% / ±155)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

4,676 ±259 Number of housing units
  • Herkimer County: 32,449 ±48
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$135,300 ±$21,419 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Herkimer County: $135,000 ±$5,876
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

12.2% ±4.1% (1,157  ±385.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Herkimer County: 8.8% † 5,214 (±1.4% / ±834)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

91.7% ±7.6% (6,403  ±609) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Herkimer County: 91.7% 39,354 (±2.7% / ±1,154.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
20.5% ±4.5% (1,431  ±317.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Herkimer County: 22.6% 9,706 (±1.4% / ±616.2)
  • about half 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

4.3% ±2.2% (415  ±214) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Herkimer County: 2.8% 1,682
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

6.3% ±1.9% (515  ±158) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Herkimer County: 7.6% 3,634 (±0.7% / ±348)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
515 Total veterans ±158 452 Male ±140 63 Female ±41

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