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New Paltz town, Ulster County, NY

15,330 Population
33.9 square miles 452.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.7 ±1 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Ulster County: 44.1 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,852 ±$4,064 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ulster County: $47,778 ±$1,445
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$83,133 ±$12,125 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Ulster County: $86,271 ±$2,871
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22% ±5.5% (2,721  ±679) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ulster County: 14.6% 25,635 (±0.9% / ±1,603)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.1 minutes ±1.4 (129,225  ±18,746) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Ulster County: 27.5 1,863,465 (±0.7 / ±71,286)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,437 ±405 Number of households
  • Ulster County: 74,278 ±803
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (12,139  ±88) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Ulster County: 2.3 167,974 (±0 / ±316)
  • 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

1.6% ±1.4% (83  ±71) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ulster County: 4.3% † 1,718 (±0.9% / ±349)
  • about one-third 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

5,719 ±431 Number of housing units
  • Ulster County: 86,503 ±151
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$464,400 ±$20,158 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ulster County: $352,500 ±$6,261
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

23.3% ±4.5% (3,551  ±683.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Ulster County: 9.7% 17,452 (±0.8% / ±1,434.9)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.8% ±5.7% (7,770  ±642) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ulster County: 92.2% 124,395 (±2% / ±2,683.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
66.9% ±5.3% (5,365  ±522.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ulster County: 38.2% 51,591 (±1.2% / ±1,631.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • nearly double 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

9.7% ±2.6% (1,490  ±393) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ulster County: 8.1% 14,817
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

1.8% ±0.8% (239  ±113) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ulster County: 4.3% 6,469 (±0.3% / ±500)
  • about half the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
239 Total veterans ±113 239 Male ±113 N/A Female ±21

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