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Census Tract 608.05, Jefferson, NY

5,351 Population
4.6 square miles 1,165.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22.5 ±1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Fort Drum: 23.3 ±0.9
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Jefferson County: 33.7 ±0.3
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$26,007 ±$3,788 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Fort Drum: $25,938 ±$1,985
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Jefferson County: $36,025 ±$1,152
  • about half the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$72,979 ±$23,511 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Fort Drum: $62,291 † ±$7,906
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Jefferson County: $66,301 ±$2,730
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

11.6% ±6.3% (570  ±326) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Fort Drum: 11.7% † 1,642 (±5.2% / ±740)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 13.7% † 15,052 (±1.5% / ±1,599)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

12.2 minutes ±3.5 (24,640  ±8,155) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Fort Drum: 11.1 † 83,570 (±1.5 / ±13,075)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Jefferson County: 19.5 978,635 (±0.6 / ±37,781)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

1,529 ±245 Number of households
  • Fort Drum: 5,087 ±340
  • Jefferson County: 47,606 ±645
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
3.2 ±0.2 (4,932  ±850) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Fort Drum: 2.8 14,044 (±0.2 / ±759)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Jefferson County: 2.3 110,240 (±0 / ±213)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

17.4% ±11.3% (237  ±159) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Fort Drum: 14.6% † 635 (±5.6% / ±247)
  • more than double the rate in Jefferson County: 6.9% † 1,718 (±1.4% / ±346)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)

Housing

1,613 ±213 Number of housing units
  • Fort Drum: 5,264 ±349
  • Jefferson County: 61,862 ±110
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

35.2% ±7.7% (1,789  ±469.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Fort Drum: 40.1% † 6,180 (±6.5% / ±1,038.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jefferson County: 19.9% 22,531 (±1.6% / ±1,815)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

93.3% ±4.1% (2,130  ±362.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Fort Drum: 97.5% 6,818 (±3.7% / ±712.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 92% 68,159 (±2.3% / ±1,683.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
44.7% ±6.9% (1,020  ±230) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Fort Drum: 34.8% † 2,436 (±4.4% / ±387.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jefferson County: 26.5% 19,597 (±1.3% / ±933.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.1% ±2.3% (273  ±132) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Fort Drum: 8.7% † 1,399 (±3% / ±491)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 4.6% 5,296
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

13.8% ±5.3% (213  ±89) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Fort Drum: 21.6% † 1,101 (±5.7% / ±307)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 12.7% 9,861 (±1% / ±743)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
213 Total veterans ±89 135 Male ±92 78 Female ±63

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