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Galen town, Wayne County, NY

4,375 Population
59.5 square miles 73.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 43.6 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$29,467 ±$3,969 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wayne County: $37,916 ±$1,241
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$65,852 ±$5,908 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wayne County: $73,914 ±$2,388
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

16.2% ±6.3% (710  ±276) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wayne County: 11.3% † 10,174 (±1.4% / ±1,223)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

21.6 minutes ±1.7 (31,595  ±4,963) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 24.3 949,880 (±0.8 / ±40,081)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

1,705 ±161 Number of households
  • Wayne County: 38,222 ±427
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.6 ±0.2 (4,357  ±47) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wayne County: 2.3 89,082 (±0 / ±63)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

12% ±5.8% (121  ±61) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 7.3% † 1,336 (±1.6% / ±283)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

1,860 ±175 Number of housing units
  • Wayne County: 42,375 ±61
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$91,800 ±$12,402 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Wayne County: $163,400 ±$3,755
  • about one-quarter of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

6.2% ±3.1% (265  ±134.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 8% † 7,192 (±1.1% / ±976.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

80.5% ±6.3% (2,175  ±259.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 91% 59,484 (±2.5% / ±1,662.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
13.9% ±3.4% (375  ±98.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Wayne County: 25.5% 16,691 (±1.3% / ±862.2)
  • about one-third 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

0.4% ±0.5% (19  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Wayne County: 2.7% 2,460
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

7.1% ±2.3% (222  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Wayne County: 6.9% 4,938 (±0.6% / ±402)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
222 Total veterans ±73 188 Male ±71 34 Female ±30

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