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Potter town, Yates County, NY

1,871 Population
37.2 square miles 50.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±6.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Yates County: 42.5 ±0.8
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,594 ±$4,001 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Yates County: $37,848 ±$1,814
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$67,344 ±$19,297 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Yates County: $69,701 ±$3,930
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10% ±4.4% (187  ±86) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Yates County: 12.7% † 2,968 (±2.3% / ±524)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.6 minutes ±8.1 (16,260  ±3,762) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Yates County: 22.3 195,885 (±0.9 / ±12,349)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

629 ±82 Number of households
  • Yates County: 9,490 ±278
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.2 (1,846  ±272) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Yates County: 2.4 23,122 (±0.1 / ±42)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.1% ±4.3% (39  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Yates County: 8.7% † 422 (±2.4% / ±119)
  • about double the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

685 ±89 Number of housing units
  • Yates County: 13,211 ±90
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$130,300 ±$23,059 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Yates County: $184,700 ±$12,150
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.3% ±1.8% (42  ±34.2) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Yates County: 6.3% † 1,523 (±1.4% / ±327.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

80.5% ±5.9% (941  ±135.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Yates County: 84.8% 14,297 (±3.6% / ±604.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
10.8% ±3.1% (126  ±39.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Yates County: 25.5% 4,297 (±1.9% / ±317.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about one-third 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

1.3% ±1.1% (25  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Yates County: 1.7% 414
  • 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

7.6% ±3.9% (101  ±53) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Yates County: 7% † 1,343 (±1% / ±192)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
101 Total veterans ±53 97 Male ±52 4 Female ±6

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