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Highlands town, Orange County, NY

12,823 Population
30.4 square miles 421.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.1 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Orange County: 37 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,851 ±$3,136 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Orange County: $43,052 ±$779
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$116,111 ±$10,551 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Orange County: $97,178 ±$2,147
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.5% ±2.2% (476  ±230) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Orange County: 12.6% 50,347 (±0.9% / ±3,615)
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.7 minutes ±2.2 (108,770  ±16,726) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Orange County: 34.1 5,459,010 (±0.9 / ±165,868)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,992 ±254 Number of households
  • Orange County: 138,608 ±924
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.2 (10,578  ±220) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Orange County: 2.8 394,330 (±0 / ±239)
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.4% ±1.2% (83  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Orange County: 7.1% 6,582 (±0.7% / ±616)
  • about half the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,290 ±258 Number of housing units
  • Orange County: 149,699 ±163
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$337,700 ±$31,737 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Orange County: $387,900 ±$4,133
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18% ±4.2% (2,300  ±533.6) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Orange County: 8.8% 35,449 (±0.7% / ±2,682.7)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.1% ±6.8% (6,367  ±568.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Orange County: 89.8% 234,337 (±1.4% / ±3,601.1)
  • 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)
48.3% ±5.3% (3,268  ±398) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Orange County: 32.6% 84,943 (±0.8% / ±2,137)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about 1.4 times 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

10.1% ±2.9% (1,297  ±374) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Orange County: 13.7% 55,639
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

19.3% ±3.9% (1,397  ±295) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Orange County: 5.2% 15,541 (±0.3% / ±938)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,397 Total veterans ±295 1,035 Male ±275 362 Female ±111

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