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Putnam town, Washington County, NY

555 Population
32.8 square miles 16.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.8 ±5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Washington County: 45 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$48,162 ±$11,435 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Washington County: $35,496 ±$1,185
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$96,667 ±$11,265 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Washington County: $72,342 ±$1,948
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

9.3% ±5.1% (51  ±29) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington County: 10.8% † 6,304 (±1.7% / ±985)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

26 minutes ±8.7 (4,960  ±1,143) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Washington County: 25.9 658,800 (±0.7 / ±27,494)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

236 ±36 Number of households
  • Washington County: 24,254 ±395
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.4 ±0.5 (555  ±77) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Washington County: 2.4 58,199 (±0 / ±61)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

7.9% ±7.6% (6  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washington County: 5.5% † 658 (±1.6% / ±187)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

616 ±68 Number of housing units
  • Washington County: 29,111 ±55
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$297,100 ±$57,895 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Washington County: $185,000 ±$6,862
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

18.7% ±8.7% (103  ±50) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Washington County: 9.9% † 5,961 (±1.4% / ±864.6)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

95.3% ±4.9% (384  ±55.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington County: 90.3% 40,866 (±2.9% / ±1,296.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
33.8% ±7.9% (136  ±36.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington County: 21.2% 9,606 (±1.5% / ±685.3)
  • about 80 percent of 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

1.3% ±1.8% (7  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Washington County: 3.2% 1,953
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

6.2% ±2.1% (27  ±10) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington County: 7.6% † 3,776 (±0.9% / ±427)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
27 Total veterans ±10 24 Male ±10 3 Female ±4

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