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Wawarsing town, Ulster County, NY

12,538 Population
130.5 square miles 96.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.7 ±3.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Ulster County: 44.2 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$31,584 ±$3,067 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ulster County: $45,702 ±$1,250
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$68,482 ±$9,014 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ulster County: $81,804 ±$2,953
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

16.8% ±5.2% (1,913  ±592) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ulster County: 14.3% 25,084 (±1% / ±1,687)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

30.2 minutes ±3.6 (128,430  ±19,421) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ulster County: 27.8 1,961,950 (±0.9 / ±79,713)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

4,638 ±294 Number of households
  • Ulster County: 73,105 ±823
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.4 ±0.2 (11,000  ±80) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Ulster County: 2.3 168,558 (±0 / ±311)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

5.9% ±5.7% (146  ±141) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ulster County: 4.1% † 1,620 (±0.9% / ±350)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

6,240 ±372 Number of housing units
  • Ulster County: 86,178 ±160
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$215,700 ±$18,966 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ulster County: $315,100 ±$8,636
  • about half the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

11.4% ±3.1% (1,420  ±378.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ulster County: 9.8% 17,585 (±0.8% / ±1,501.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

79.8% ±6.6% (7,538  ±699.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ulster County: 91.8% 123,240 (±2% / ±2,638.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
20.4% ±3.6% (1,923  ±349.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Ulster County: 37.1% 49,768 (±1.2% / ±1,597.2)
  • 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

9% ±2.1% (1,132  ±268) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ulster County: 8.3% 15,076
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

4.5% ±1.6% (473  ±167) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Ulster County: 4.5% 6,711 (±0.4% / ±538)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
473 Total veterans ±167 437 Male ±161 36 Female ±33

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