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Putnam town, Washington County, NY

540 Population
32.8 square miles 16.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.6 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Washington County: 45.4 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$48,248 ±$6,255 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Washington County: $36,806 ±$1,260
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$92,344 ±$14,169 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Washington County: $73,495 ±$2,497
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.3% ±4.2% (39  ±23) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington County: 10.7% † 6,203 (±1.4% / ±808)
  • about half the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.4 minutes ±1 (4,330  ±925) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington County: 26.9 678,660 (±1 / ±31,550)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

243 ±31 Number of households
  • Washington County: 24,469 ±424
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (540  ±72) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Washington County: 2.4 57,718 (±0 / ±66)
  • 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

3.7% ±4.9% (3  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington County: 5.9% † 688 (±1.7% / ±197)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

598 ±59 Number of housing units
  • Washington County: 29,192 ±70
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$266,200 ±$48,283 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Washington County: $196,200 ±$6,240
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.9% ±8% (75  ±44.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington County: 10.5% † 6,268 (±1.5% / ±900.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.4% ±3.8% (391  ±52.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington County: 90.2% 40,910 (±2.8% / ±1,250.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
31.4% ±7.2% (130  ±34.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washington County: 22.4% 10,152 (±1.4% / ±652.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about 90 percent of 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

1.1% ±0.9% (6  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Washington County: 3.2% 1,924
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.5% ±2.7% (38  ±13) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington County: 8.1% † 3,973 (±0.8% / ±416)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
38 Total veterans ±13 38 Male ±13 N/A Female ±14

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