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Census Tract 402, Rensselaer, NY

4,798 Population
0.5 square miles 10,026.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Troy: 32.3 ±1.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rensselaer County: 40.1 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$26,947 ±$5,417 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Troy: $35,237 ±$2,238
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Rensselaer County: $46,000 ±$1,084
  • about half the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$41,685 ±$21,835 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Troy: $58,477 ±$4,778
  • about half the amount in Rensselaer County: $87,915 ±$2,391
  • about half the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

28.1% ±11.9% (1,347  ±607) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Troy: 23.4% 10,706 (±2.2% / ±1,024)
  • more than double the rate in Rensselaer County: 11.8% 18,191 (±1% / ±1,548)
  • about double the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

21.1 minutes ±8.5 (27,995  ±7,884) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Troy: 21.1 412,445 (±1.1 / ±31,440)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rensselaer County: 24 1,606,375 (±0.6 / ±54,989)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

2,221 ±329 Number of households
  • Troy: 21,265 ±591
  • Rensselaer County: 66,686 ±619
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
2.2 ±0.1 (4,771  ±743) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Troy: 2.1 45,230 (±0.1 / ±203)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rensselaer County: 2.3 153,331 (±0 / ±208)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

1.1% ±1.7% (13  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Troy: 2.9% † 405 (±1% / ±135)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Rensselaer County: 4.5% † 1,662 (±0.8% / ±283)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)

Housing

2,471 ±313 Number of housing units
  • Troy: 24,818 ±569
  • Rensselaer County: 74,543 ±105
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$139,200 ±$15,864 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Troy: $206,500 ±$10,306
  • about half the amount in Rensselaer County: $258,400 ±$6,368
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

21.4% ±12.3% (1,022  ±609.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Troy: 18.2% † 9,216 (±2.3% / ±1,162.5)
  • nearly double the rate in Rensselaer County: 11.3% 18,011 (±0.9% / ±1,482.2)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

81% ±12.4% (2,741  ±564.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Troy: 89% 28,891 (±3.9% / ±1,376.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rensselaer County: 92.6% 105,352 (±2.1% / ±2,418.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
16.8% ±6.7% (570  ±240.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Troy: 37.3% 12,117 (±2.5% / ±852.9)
  • about half the rate in Rensselaer County: 37.6% 42,720 (±1.4% / ±1,544.6)
  • 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

5.3% ±3% (252  ±151) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Troy: 8.1% † 4,138 (±1.3% / ±655)
  • a little less than the rate in Rensselaer County: 5.6% 8,987
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

4.8% ±3.6% (163  ±125) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Troy: 4.6% † 1,956 (±0.9% / ±361)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rensselaer County: 6% 7,810 (±0.5% / ±610)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
163 Total veterans ±125 144 Male ±138 19 Female ±33

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