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Van Buren town, Onondaga County, NY

14,237 Population
35.5 square miles 401.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±3.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Onondaga County: 39.6 ±0.2
  • a little 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

$46,065 ±$5,355 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Onondaga County: $43,166 ±$662
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$73,779 ±$8,472 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Onondaga County: $76,945 ±$1,228
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.5% ±2.7% (1,190  ±385) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Onondaga County: 13.8% 62,038 (±0.5% / ±2,357)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.1 minutes ±2.5 (149,700  ±20,724) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Onondaga County: 20.2 3,907,145 (±0.4 / ±84,192)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,678 ±298 Number of households
  • Onondaga County: 197,760 ±1,030
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (14,024  ±27) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Onondaga County: 2.3 447,906 (±0 / ±832)
  • 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

4.7% ±2.4% (155  ±80) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Onondaga County: 4.9% 5,339 (±0.5% / ±511)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,016 ±343 Number of housing units
  • Onondaga County: 212,002 ±356
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$169,600 ±$5,117 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Onondaga County: $200,200 ±$3,012
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.1% ±4.5% (2,130  ±631.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Onondaga County: 13.6% 63,402 (±0.6% / ±2,913.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.4% ±5.9% (10,024  ±728.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Onondaga County: 91.8% 298,540 (±1.2% / ±3,783.1)
  • 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)
39.1% ±4.1% (4,105  ±459.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Onondaga County: 39.2% 127,504 (±0.8% / ±2,444)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

2.2% ±0.9% (319  ±134) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Onondaga County: 7.9% 37,164
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±1.4% (805  ±164) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Onondaga County: 5.5% 20,619 (±0.2% / ±899)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
805 Total veterans ±164 720 Male ±155 85 Female ±46

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