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Colton town, St. Lawrence County, NY

1,395 Population
241.7 square miles 5.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.5 ±7.6 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in St. Lawrence County: 39.3 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,092 ±$4,790 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in St. Lawrence County: $33,177 ±$1,237
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$69,156 ±$6,809 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in St. Lawrence County: $62,850 ±$2,870
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.3% ±6.4% (185  ±93) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in St. Lawrence County: 16.9% 16,253 (±1.6% / ±1,530)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.6 minutes ±3.3 (15,210  ±4,000) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in St. Lawrence County: 21 854,680 (±0.8 / ±37,978)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

633 ±94 Number of households
  • St. Lawrence County: 41,666 ±542
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.5 (1,392  ±202) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in St. Lawrence County: 2.3 96,503 (±0 / ±345)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

13.1% ±9% (36  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in St. Lawrence County: 5% † 1,167 (±1.1% / ±260)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,107 ±117 Number of housing units
  • St. Lawrence County: 51,970 ±169
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$164,300 ±$12,845 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in St. Lawrence County: $121,900 ±$3,410
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.7% ±3.2% (92  ±46.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in St. Lawrence County: 10.9% 11,558 (±0.9% / ±967.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.3% ±18.3% (1,068  ±138.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in St. Lawrence County: 89.9% 63,962 (±2.3% / ±1,636.9)
  • 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)
33.8% ±6.3% (383  ±90.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in St. Lawrence County: 25.3% 18,014 (±1.1% / ±817.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • a little less 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% ±1.3% (30  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in St. Lawrence County: 3.7% 3,935
  • 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

7.6% ±2.7% (88  ±34) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in St. Lawrence County: 6.7% 5,722 (±0.5% / ±462)
  • about double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
88 Total veterans ±34 83 Male ±34 5 Female ±6

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