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Rotterdam town, Schenectady County, NY

30,489 Population
35.7 square miles 854.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±1.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Schenectady County: 39.6 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$41,561 ±$1,764 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Schenectady County: $41,529 ±$1,029
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$83,754 ±$3,201 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Schenectady County: $76,989 ±$2,249
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

5.3% ±1.5% (1,618  ±466) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Schenectady County: 12.5% 19,384 (±1.1% / ±1,737)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

22 minutes ±0.7 (299,005  ±16,744) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Schenectady County: 22.8 1,497,530 (±0.5 / ±45,075)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

13,079 ±379 Number of households
  • Schenectady County: 66,324 ±555
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.3 ±0.1 (30,389  ±37) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Schenectady County: 2.3 154,629 (±0 / ±177)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

4.4% ±1.2% (306  ±87) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Schenectady County: 5.1% † 1,868 (±1% / ±368)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

13,551 ±386 Number of housing units
  • Schenectady County: 71,051 ±103
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$217,400 ±$4,247 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Schenectady County: $223,100 ±$3,751
  • about half the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

9.6% ±2.1% (2,905  ±620.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Schenectady County: 12.4% 19,502 (±1% / ±1,576.6)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

96.3% ±4% (20,613  ±983.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Schenectady County: 91.8% 100,968 (±2% / ±2,206.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
31.2% ±2.5% (6,674  ±564.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Schenectady County: 35.1% 38,542 (±1.2% / ±1,359.5)
  • 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

5.8% ±1.2% (1,764  ±359) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Schenectady County: 10.3% 16,354
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

5.7% ±1% (1,363  ±248) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Schenectady County: 5.6% 7,025 (±0.5% / ±654)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
1,363 Total veterans ±248 1,209 Male ±224 154 Female ±127

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