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Census Tract 615, Jefferson, NY

3,449 Population
2.3 square miles 1,471.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±6.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Watertown: 35.7 ±1.8
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 33.7 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$32,029 ±$3,709 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Watertown: $33,731 ±$2,874
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $36,025 ±$1,152
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$49,974 ±$8,262 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Watertown: $51,753 ±$4,571
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Jefferson County: $66,301 ±$2,730
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

11.9% ±5.7% (385  ±191) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Watertown: 20.1% † 4,753 (±3.6% / ±843)
  • about 90 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)

15.8 minutes ±3.4 (28,710  ±7,709) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Watertown: 16.3 † 180,875 (±1.7 / ±21,174)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jefferson County: 19.5 978,635 (±0.6 / ±37,781)
  • about half the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

1,785 ±232 Number of households
  • Watertown: 11,867 ±388
  • Jefferson County: 47,606 ±645
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
1.8 ±0.3 (3,179  ±385) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Watertown: 2 23,527 (±0.1 / ±39)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Jefferson County: 2.3 110,240 (±0 / ±213)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

3.8% ±6.2% (29  ±48) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Watertown: 4.8% † 265 (±1.8% / ±103)
  • 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

2,105 ±206 Number of housing units
  • Watertown: 13,426 ±412
  • Jefferson County: 61,862 ±110
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$120,300 ±$63,117 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Watertown: $158,600 ±$10,748
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Jefferson County: $188,200 ±$6,002
  • about one-quarter of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

29.9% ±6.3% (1,031  ±244.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Watertown: 20.7% † 5,002 (±3.7% / ±906.3)
  • about 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

92.2% ±6.7% (2,179  ±339.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Watertown: 91.3% 15,255 (±4.9% / ±949.4)
  • 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)
22% ±5.2% (520  ±142.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Watertown: 26.6% † 4,443 (±2.9% / ±496.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 26.5% 19,597 (±1.3% / ±933.6)
  • about half 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

4.6% ±3.2% (160  ±112) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Watertown: 4.9% † 1,197 (±1.4% / ±338)
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 4.6% 5,296
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

6.2% ±2.9% (174  ±83) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Watertown: 11.6% † 2,137 (±2.1% / ±383)
  • about half the rate in Jefferson County: 12.7% 9,861 (±1% / ±743)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
174 Total veterans ±83 174 Male ±83 N/A Female ±14

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