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Rochester town, Ulster County, NY

7,362 Population
89.3 square miles 82.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.6 ±4.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ulster County: 44.1 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$59,488 ±$6,517 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Ulster County: $47,778 ±$1,445
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$86,691 ±$18,020 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Ulster County: $86,271 ±$2,871
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

8.7% ±3% (643  ±224) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ulster County: 14.6% 25,635 (±0.9% / ±1,603)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

35.6 minutes ±2.9 (102,430  ±15,340) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Ulster County: 27.5 1,863,465 (±0.7 / ±71,286)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

3,279 ±190 Number of households
  • Ulster County: 74,278 ±803
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
2.2 ±0.1 (7,300  ±26) 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

8.6% ±5.4% (131  ±85) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Ulster County: 4.3% † 1,718 (±0.9% / ±349)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)

Housing

4,333 ±298 Number of housing units
  • Ulster County: 86,503 ±151
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$354,300 ±$32,594 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Ulster County: $352,500 ±$6,261
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

3.8% ±1.9% (276  ±139.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ulster County: 9.7% 17,452 (±0.8% / ±1,434.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

92.1% ±7.5% (5,031  ±522.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ulster County: 92.2% 124,395 (±2% / ±2,683.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
44.9% ±5.1% (2,452  ±318.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ulster County: 38.2% 51,591 (±1.2% / ±1,631.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.8% ±2.6% (428  ±188) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ulster County: 8.1% 14,817
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

2.9% ±1.2% (179  ±75) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ulster County: 4.3% 6,469 (±0.3% / ±500)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
179 Total veterans ±75 157 Male ±69 22 Female ±22

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