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Alexandria town, Jefferson County, NY

3,713 Population
72.6 square miles 51.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.5 ±6.8 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Jefferson County: 33.7 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$63,080 ±$22,140 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Jefferson County: $36,025 ±$1,152
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$85,020 ±$19,903 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Jefferson County: $66,301 ±$2,730
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.1% ±3% (261  ±109) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Jefferson County: 13.7% † 15,052 (±1.5% / ±1,599)
  • about half the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.2 minutes ±2.5 (36,135  ±6,093) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 19.5 978,635 (±0.6 / ±37,781)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,763 ±139 Number of households
  • Jefferson County: 47,606 ±645
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (3,693  ±23) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jefferson County: 2.3 110,240 (±0 / ±213)
  • about 80 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

6.6% ±4.4% (42  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Jefferson County: 6.9% † 1,718 (±1.4% / ±346)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,509 ±214 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson County: 61,862 ±110
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$172,500 ±$19,363 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $188,200 ±$6,002
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13% ±4.4% (479  ±163.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jefferson County: 19.9% 22,531 (±1.6% / ±1,815)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94% ±7.5% (2,654  ±298.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 92% 68,159 (±2.3% / ±1,683.8)
  • 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)
31.8% ±7.2% (898  ±215.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 26.5% 19,597 (±1.3% / ±933.6)
  • 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

3.1% ±1.1% (115  ±39) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jefferson County: 4.6% 5,296
  • 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

12% ±3.4% (379  ±108) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Jefferson County: 12.7% 9,861 (±1% / ±743)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
379 Total veterans ±108 358 Male ±109 21 Female ±20

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