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Seward town, Schoharie County, NY

1,813 Population
36.4 square miles 49.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.4 ±4.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Schoharie County: 45.7 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$34,430 ±$4,675 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Schoharie County: $38,100 ±$1,291
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$82,500 ±$14,364 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Schoharie County: $71,188 ±$3,161
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

19.1% ±8.1% (330  ±146) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Schoharie County: 10.8% † 3,106 (±1.2% / ±356)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

28.7 minutes ±7 (21,145  ±3,542) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Schoharie County: 30.4 363,965 (±1.4 / ±21,114)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

650 ±69 Number of households
  • Schoharie County: 12,439 ±272
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.8 ±0.3 (1,813  ±275) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Schoharie County: 2.3 28,713 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

14.3% ±14.8% (56  ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Schoharie County: 6.6% † 406 (±1.9% / ±118)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

726 ±77 Number of housing units
  • Schoharie County: 16,544 ±60
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$190,000 ±$22,583 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Schoharie County: $182,000 ±$7,852
  • about half the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

5% ±2.5% (90  ±47.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Schoharie County: 11.4% † 3,393 (±1.4% / ±409.9)
  • about half the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

91.1% ±1.4% (1,171  ±129.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Schoharie County: 92% 19,832 (±3.1% / ±666.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
23.3% ±4.2% (299  ±63.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Schoharie County: 25% 5,393 (±1.8% / ±383.2)
  • 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

2.5% ±1.4% (46  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Schoharie County: 3% 905
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

8.7% ±2.5% (121  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Schoharie County: 7.9% † 1,947 (±0.8% / ±208)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
121 Total veterans ±38 105 Male ±35 16 Female ±13

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