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Russia town, Herkimer County, NY

2,272 Population
57 square miles 39.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.9 ±2.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Herkimer County: 44.8 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$47,726 ±$8,844 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Herkimer County: $37,228 ±$1,663
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$86,116 ±$16,952 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Herkimer County: $68,515 ±$3,647
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.1% ±3.4% (205  ±81) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Herkimer County: 13.4% † 7,881 (±1.8% / ±1,040)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33.4 minutes ±3.4 (32,065  ±5,797) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Herkimer County: 25.7 624,210 (±0.9 / ±31,133)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

979 ±110 Number of households
  • Herkimer County: 25,741 ±353
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.4 (2,267  ±252) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Herkimer County: 2.3 58,336 (±0 / ±35)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.1% ±5.1% (31  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Herkimer County: 5.3% † 633 (±1.3% / ±157)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,379 ±116 Number of housing units
  • Herkimer County: 32,459 ±52
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$232,200 ±$43,560 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Herkimer County: $147,700 ±$7,209
  • about half the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.7% ±8.3% (375  ±190.7) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Herkimer County: 8.7% † 5,148 (±1.3% / ±763.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.4% ±2.8% (1,632  ±198.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Herkimer County: 91.6% 39,284 (±2.8% / ±1,203.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.5% ±5.5% (482  ±108.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Herkimer County: 22.7% 9,733 (±1.5% / ±658.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about 80 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

1.6% ±1.3% (37  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Herkimer County: 2.9% 1,743
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.5% ±3.2% (152  ±59) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Herkimer County: 7.7% 3,646 (±0.7% / ±331)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
152 Total veterans ±59 136 Male ±53 16 Female ±18

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