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Amsterdam town, Montgomery County, NY

5,562 Population
29.6 square miles 187.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Montgomery County: 40.1 ±0.5
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$39,866 ±$3,880 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Montgomery County: $31,975 ±$938
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$80,313 ±$9,041 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Montgomery County: $62,923 ±$3,436
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

8.8% ±4.7% (465  ±248) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Montgomery County: 14.7% † 7,163 (±1.9% / ±916)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

23.6 minutes ±3.8 (57,245  ±11,454) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Montgomery County: 24.1 496,525 (±1 / ±25,645)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

2,271 ±223 Number of households
  • Montgomery County: 19,234 ±391
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.3 ±0.2 (5,248  ±23) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montgomery County: 2.5 48,344 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

4.8% ±4.3% (58  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montgomery County: 5.9% † 620 (±1.3% / ±132)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

2,549 ±266 Number of housing units
  • Montgomery County: 22,944 ±57
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$193,000 ±$16,888 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Montgomery County: $141,600 ±$7,069
  • about half the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

11.8% ±4.6% (650  ±256.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Montgomery County: 9.8% † 4,783 (±1.3% / ±632.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

93.3% ±9.4% (4,177  ±457) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Montgomery County: 88.5% 30,300 (±2.9% / ±987.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
29% ±5.6% (1,299  ±256.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Montgomery County: 20.5% 7,022 (±1.5% / ±502.5)
  • about three-quarters of 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

2.4% ±1.8% (134  ±100) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Montgomery County: 3.2% 1,558
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

9.2% ±3% (461  ±149) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Montgomery County: 7% † 2,653 (±0.8% / ±289)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
461 Total veterans ±149 440 Male ±150 21 Female ±32

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