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Waterford town, Saratoga County, NY

8,198 Population
6.6 square miles 1,248.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Saratoga County: 43.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$43,768 ±$4,676 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Saratoga County: $54,698 ±$1,208
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$75,361 ±$14,953 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Saratoga County: $99,653 ±$3,109
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

7.2% ±3.2% (588  ±264) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Saratoga County: 6.7% † 15,723 (±0.8% / ±1,777)
  • about half the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

24 minutes ±0.6 (81,540  ±12,811) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Saratoga County: 25.6 2,645,345 (±0.7 / ±90,003)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

3,621 ±321 Number of households
  • Saratoga County: 99,835 ±837
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.3 ±0.2 (8,181  ±22) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Saratoga County: 2.3 233,256 (±0 / ±71)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

3% ±2.5% (52  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Saratoga County: 4.3% † 2,201 (±0.6% / ±314)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

3,874 ±374 Number of housing units
  • Saratoga County: 111,127 ±90
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$270,800 ±$15,121 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Saratoga County: $324,800 ±$6,350
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

9.8% ±5.2% (799  ±425.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Saratoga County: 10.9% 25,548 (±0.8% / ±1,872.1)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

95.5% ±9.5% (5,962  ±695.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Saratoga County: 94.2% 162,446 (±1.7% / ±2,886.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
31.2% ±5.9% (1,945  ±385.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Saratoga County: 43.8% 75,452 (±1.1% / ±1,959.7)
  • about 80 percent 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

4.8% ±2.3% (390  ±185) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Saratoga County: 5.7% 13,561
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

7.4% ±2.2% (489  ±149) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Saratoga County: 7.3% 13,864 (±0.5% / ±887)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
489 Total veterans ±149 468 Male ±143 21 Female ±33

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