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Hoosick town, Rensselaer County, NY

6,686 Population
63 square miles 106.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±6.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rensselaer County: 40.2 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$32,399 ±$3,381 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Rensselaer County: $45,113 ±$1,111
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$67,077 ±$16,367 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Rensselaer County: $86,663 ±$2,122
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

9.8% ±4.4% (643  ±290) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rensselaer County: 11.8% 18,177 (±0.8% / ±1,219)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

32.3 minutes ±4.2 (80,730  ±16,754) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Rensselaer County: 23.9 1,640,730 (±0.7 / ±59,529)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

2,560 ±210 Number of households
  • Rensselaer County: 66,233 ±599
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.6 ±0.2 (6,613  ±27) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rensselaer County: 2.3 153,862 (±0 / ±191)
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

3.1% ±3.1% (40  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rensselaer County: 4.7% † 1,725 (±0.9% / ±329)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

3,012 ±261 Number of housing units
  • Rensselaer County: 74,388 ±99
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$190,400 ±$28,774 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Rensselaer County: $244,300 ±$4,823
  • about half the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

11.5% ±4.3% (767  ±283.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rensselaer County: 12.4% 19,763 (±1% / ±1,602.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

94.2% ±8.4% (4,372  ±460.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rensselaer County: 92.7% 105,173 (±2% / ±2,235.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
23.2% ±5.2% (1,075  ±249.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rensselaer County: 37.3% 42,276 (±1.2% / ±1,331.1)
  • about three-fifths 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

1% ±0.6% (68  ±39) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Rensselaer County: 6% 9,684
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

9.9% ±3.4% (513  ±179) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rensselaer County: 6.4% 8,226 (±0.6% / ±709)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
513 Total veterans ±179 428 Male ±171 85 Female ±63

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