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Forestburgh town, Sullivan County, NY

789 Population
54.8 square miles 14.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.9 ±4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Sullivan County: 41.7 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$89,417 ±$21,249 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in Sullivan County: $42,334 ±$1,923
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about double the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$133,438 ±$42,147 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in Sullivan County: $72,382 ±$5,140
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.3% ±2.1% (26  ±17) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Sullivan County: 15.9% † 12,173 (±1.9% / ±1,428)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.9 minutes ±4.7 (11,085  ±4,010) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sullivan County: 28.1 842,205 (±1.1 / ±45,827)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

346 ±63 Number of households
  • Sullivan County: 31,434 ±846
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.6 (772  ±128) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sullivan County: 2.4 75,004 (±0.1 / ±374)
  • 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% ±1.5% (2  ±3) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Sullivan County: 6.7% † 1,086 (±1.7% / ±279)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

551 ±68 Number of housing units
  • Sullivan County: 49,994 ±173
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$362,700 ±$45,756 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Sullivan County: $249,000 ±$8,949
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.7% ±8.9% (124  ±73) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Sullivan County: 9.2% † 7,237 (±1.1% / ±891.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.5% ±9.4% (628  ±123.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Sullivan County: 87.9% 49,339 (±2.8% / ±1,591.5)
  • a little 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)
47% ±13.6% (319  ±106.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Sullivan County: 30.1% 16,897 (±1.6% / ±923.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about 1.3 times 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

10.9% ±3.4% (86  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sullivan County: 13% 10,335
  • about half the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.9% ±2.4% (35  ±18) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sullivan County: 5.6% 3,484 (±0.6% / ±347)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
35 Total veterans ±18 35 Male ±18 N/A Female ±14

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