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Groton town, Tompkins County, NY

5,636 Population
49.4 square miles 114.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±7 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Tompkins County: 32.8 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$34,403 ±$4,382 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tompkins County: $42,505 ±$1,376
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$66,817 ±$7,327 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tompkins County: $73,012 ±$3,102
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

9.5% ±4.6% (526  ±256) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tompkins County: 15.3% 13,547 (±1.3% / ±1,167)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

21.4 minutes ±4 (54,040  ±6,842) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Tompkins County: 20.5 803,620 (±0.6 / ±34,475)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

2,443 ±171 Number of households
  • Tompkins County: 43,269 ±560
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.3 ±0.2 (5,539  ±36) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tompkins County: 2 88,419 (±0 / ±187)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

9.5% ±7.3% (104  ±81) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Tompkins County: 2.8% † 852 (±0.6% / ±193)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

2,550 ±184 Number of housing units
  • Tompkins County: 47,362 ±116
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$164,100 ±$7,613 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tompkins County: $271,500 ±$11,485
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

16.7% ±10.3% (930  ±574.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tompkins County: 27.3% 27,945 (±1.8% / ±1,849.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

90.3% ±6.4% (3,761  ±362.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Tompkins County: 95.9% 58,979 (±2.6% / ±1,611.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
21% ±3.8% (874  ±169) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Tompkins County: 59.3% 36,447 (±2% / ±1,242.3)
  • about half 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

2.2% ±1.2% (126  ±69) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Tompkins County: 13.1% 13,518
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

11.2% ±3.8% (493  ±171) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Tompkins County: 3.8% † 3,310 (±0.5% / ±393)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
493 Total veterans ±171 332 Male ±133 161 Female ±146

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