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Census Tract 409, Rensselaer, NY

3,293 Population
0.4 square miles 8,624.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.1 ±3.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Troy: 32.3 ±1.1
  • about 80 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

$40,992 ±$16,586 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Troy: $35,237 ±$2,238
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rensselaer County: $46,000 ±$1,084
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$62,175 ±$11,256 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Troy: $58,477 ±$4,778
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Rensselaer County: $87,915 ±$2,391
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

30.6% ±10.4% (1,007  ±381) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times 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)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

23.2 minutes ±5.4 (28,255  ±9,655) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Troy: 21.1 412,445 (±1.1 / ±31,440)
  • a little less than 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

1,375 ±150 Number of households
  • Troy: 21,265 ±591
  • Rensselaer County: 66,686 ±619
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
2.4 ±0.3 (3,275  ±547) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Troy: 2.1 45,230 (±0.1 / ±203)
  • a little higher than the figure in Rensselaer County: 2.3 153,331 (±0 / ±208)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,528 ±155 Number of housing units
  • Troy: 24,818 ±569
  • Rensselaer County: 74,543 ±105
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$203,800 ±$48,648 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Troy: $206,500 ±$10,306
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Rensselaer County: $258,400 ±$6,368
  • about half the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

18% ±7.1% (593  ±252.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Troy: 18.2% † 9,216 (±2.3% / ±1,162.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rensselaer County: 11.3% 18,011 (±0.9% / ±1,482.2)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

92.5% ±9.6% (1,994  ±348.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Troy: 89% 28,891 (±3.9% / ±1,376.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Rensselaer County: 92.6% 105,352 (±2.1% / ±2,418.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
27.5% ±6.8% (592  ±168.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Troy: 37.3% 12,117 (±2.5% / ±852.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rensselaer County: 37.6% 42,720 (±1.4% / ±1,544.6)
  • about two-thirds 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

11.8% ±10% (390  ±334) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Troy: 8.1% † 4,138 (±1.3% / ±655)
  • more than double the rate in Rensselaer County: 5.6% 8,987
  • about half the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

3.3% ±2.1% (83  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Troy: 4.6% † 1,956 (±0.9% / ±361)
  • about half the rate in Rensselaer County: 6% 7,810 (±0.5% / ±610)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
83 Total veterans ±55 72 Male ±52 11 Female ±17

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