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Census Tract 609.02, Jefferson, NY

2,582 Population
7.1 square miles 362.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.7 ±7.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Carthage: 27.3 † ±5.6
  • a little less than the figure in Jefferson County: 33.7 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$26,570 ±$4,114 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Carthage: $26,230 † ±$4,663
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Jefferson County: $36,025 ±$1,152
  • about half the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$54,699 ±$6,132 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Carthage: $58,125 † ±$8,989
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $66,301 ±$2,730
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

22.7% ±11.3% (566  ±292) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Carthage: 25.8% † 882 (±10.5% / ±378)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jefferson County: 13.7% † 15,052 (±1.5% / ±1,599)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

22.7 minutes ±2.5 (21,935  ±4,757) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Carthage: 27.6 † 38,685 (±6.1 / ±12,801)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 19.5 978,635 (±0.6 / ±37,781)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

937 ±144 Number of households
  • Carthage: 1,294 † ±164
  • Jefferson County: 47,606 ±645
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
2.6 ±0.5 (2,433  ±329) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Carthage: 2.6 3,361 (±0.1 / ±440)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 2.3 110,240 (±0 / ±213)
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

3.8% ±3.2% (25  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Carthage: 4.7% † 46 (±4.8% / ±48)
  • about half the rate in Jefferson County: 6.9% † 1,718 (±1.4% / ±346)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)

Housing

1,185 ±156 Number of housing units
  • Carthage: 1,625 † ±244
  • Jefferson County: 61,862 ±110
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$129,800 ±$15,463 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Carthage: $131,200 † ±$22,492
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Jefferson County: $188,200 ±$6,002
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

22.7% ±9.1% (578  ±242.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Carthage: 24.5% † 847 (±9% / ±327.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

87% ±7.1% (1,239  ±183.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Carthage: 86.8% 1,634 (±7.7% / ±274.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Jefferson County: 92% 68,159 (±2.3% / ±1,683.8)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
15.9% ±5.3% (226  ±80.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Carthage: 21.7% † 408 (±7.2% / ±147.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Jefferson County: 26.5% 19,597 (±1.3% / ±933.6)
  • about two-fifths of 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

2.9% ±1.9% (76  ±51) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Carthage: 2% † 71 (±1.3% / ±46)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jefferson County: 4.6% 5,296
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

16.7% ±5.2% (269  ±91) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Carthage: 16.3% † 358 (±6.7% / ±158)
  • about 1.3 times 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)
269 Total veterans ±91 240 Male ±89 29 Female ±23

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