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Putnam Valley town, Putnam County, NY

11,755 Population
41.1 square miles 285.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±2.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Putnam County: 44 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$59,859 ±$5,852 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Putnam County: $56,593 ±$1,623
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$137,656 ±$21,244 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Putnam County: $126,257 ±$5,160
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

4.2% ±2.6% (493  ±299) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Putnam County: 7.1% † 6,900 (±0.8% / ±778)
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

44.6 minutes ±0.6 (233,655  ±25,581) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Putnam County: 39.3 1,650,555 (±1 / ±65,535)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

4,086 ±227 Number of households
  • Putnam County: 35,545 ±459
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
2.9 ±0.2 (11,732  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Putnam County: 2.7 95,331 (±0 / ±47)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

5.4% ±3.6% (128  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Putnam County: 5.6% † 1,165 (±1.2% / ±254)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)

Housing

4,862 ±324 Number of housing units
  • Putnam County: 38,450 ±46
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$510,900 ±$36,886 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Putnam County: $471,300 ±$7,987
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

5.4% ±2.4% (630  ±277.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Putnam County: 7.7% † 7,468 (±1.1% / ±1,022.4)
  • about half the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

95.1% ±7.5% (7,945  ±688) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Putnam County: 93.2% 66,574 (±2.5% / ±1,810.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
50.8% ±5.5% (4,244  ±485.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Putnam County: 45.5% 32,498 (±1.7% / ±1,197.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

12.7% ±3.5% (1,487  ±414) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Putnam County: 13.9% 13,624
  • about half the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

3.1% ±1.6% (295  ±147) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Putnam County: 4.3% † 3,416 (±0.5% / ±396)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
295 Total veterans ±147 295 Male ±147 N/A Female ±21

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