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Waterford town, Saratoga County, NY

8,163 Population
6.6 square miles 1,243.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±1.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Saratoga County: 43.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,461 ±$3,931 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Saratoga County: $57,380 ±$1,518
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$87,089 ±$13,762 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Saratoga County: $100,787 ±$3,028
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.3% ±3.4% (674  ±275) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Saratoga County: 7.1% 16,557 (±0.6% / ±1,413)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.5 minutes ±0.8 (81,980  ±9,979) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Saratoga County: 25.5 2,578,845 (±0.8 / ±90,139)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,703 ±280 Number of households
  • Saratoga County: 101,911 ±833
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (8,145  ±21) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Saratoga County: 2.3 234,169 (±0 / ±97)
  • 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

1.9% ±2.5% (31  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Saratoga County: 4.7% † 2,428 (±0.7% / ±368)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,961 ±321 Number of housing units
  • Saratoga County: 112,109 ±101
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$269,900 ±$16,812 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Saratoga County: $348,600 ±$4,655
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.7% ±4.1% (788  ±336.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Saratoga County: 10.3% 24,176 (±0.7% / ±1,703.7)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.3% ±9.5% (5,803  ±661.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Saratoga County: 94.6% 164,762 (±1.7% / ±2,899.6)
  • 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)
29.2% ±5.7% (1,797  ±365.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Saratoga County: 45.4% 79,075 (±1.2% / ±2,010.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about 80 percent of 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

4% ±2% (324  ±162) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Saratoga County: 5.5% 13,050
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.7% ±2% (446  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Saratoga County: 6.7% 12,878 (±0.4% / ±716)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
446 Total veterans ±136 395 Male ±124 51 Female ±52

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