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Nelson town, Madison County, NY

1,701 Population
43.1 square miles 39.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.9 ±9.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Madison County: 42.6 ±0.5
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$53,746 ±$7,140 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Madison County: $39,904 ±$2,612
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$84,545 ±$23,112 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Madison County: $73,141 ±$2,595
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

7.8% ±4% (132  ±72) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Madison County: 9.7% † 6,033 (±1% / ±626)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

28.5 minutes ±2.6 (19,945  ±5,397) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Madison County: 23.7 654,005 (±0.9 / ±31,307)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

778 ±99 Number of households
  • Madison County: 25,563 ±480
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.2 ±0.2 (1,693  ±285) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Madison County: 2.4 61,889 (±0.1 / ±85)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

1.9% ±2.6% (5  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Madison County: 4.5% † 678 (±1.3% / ±195)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

1,104 ±96 Number of housing units
  • Madison County: 30,676 ±64
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$221,900 ±$14,265 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Madison County: $176,800 ±$5,975
  • about half the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

8.7% ±4.4% (147  ±78.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Madison County: 9.7% 6,459 (±0.9% / ±631.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

97.2% ±5.9% (1,259  ±170.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Madison County: 93.3% 42,983 (±2.3% / ±1,047)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
40.8% ±8.3% (528  ±125.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Madison County: 28% 12,910 (±1.3% / ±581.5)
  • a little higher than 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

3.5% ±2.2% (59  ±38) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Madison County: 2.7% 1,837
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

10.8% ±3.4% (149  ±50) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Madison County: 7.3% 3,985 (±0.6% / ±340)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
149 Total veterans ±50 149 Male ±50 N/A Female ±13

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