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Census Tract 516.01, Rensselaer, NY

2,929 Population
0.6 square miles 4,778.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±8.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Rensselaer: 36.7 † ±3.9
  • a little less than the figure in Rensselaer County: 40.1 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$27,399 ±$4,819 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Rensselaer: $38,895 ±$3,386
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Rensselaer County: $46,000 ±$1,084
  • about half the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$46,399 ±$14,216 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Rensselaer: $70,080 † ±$8,662
  • about half the amount in Rensselaer County: $87,915 ±$2,391
  • about half the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

28.3% ±13.7% (823  ±422) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rensselaer: 17.9% † 1,647 (±6.4% / ±586)
  • 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)

27.2 minutes ±2.8 (30,150  ±9,634) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Rensselaer: 22.3 90,330 (±2.1 / ±14,437)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rensselaer County: 24 1,606,375 (±0.6 / ±54,989)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

1,335 ±215 Number of households
  • Rensselaer: 4,281 ±306
  • Rensselaer County: 66,686 ±619
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
2.2 ±0.1 (2,910  ±494) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Rensselaer: 2.2 9,262 (±0.2 / ±28)
  • a little less than 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

13.9% ±14.9% (104  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Rensselaer: 6.4% † 154 (±5% / ±122)
  • more than double the rate in Rensselaer County: 4.5% † 1,662 (±0.8% / ±283)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)

Housing

1,531 ±236 Number of housing units
  • Rensselaer: 4,890 ±370
  • Rensselaer County: 74,543 ±105
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$134,400 ±$19,837 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Rensselaer: $208,900 † ±$22,093
  • about half the amount in Rensselaer County: $258,400 ±$6,368
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

5.6% ±3.3% (161  ±98.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Rensselaer: 12.1% † 1,109 (±3.6% / ±328.1)
  • about half the rate in Rensselaer County: 11.3% 18,011 (±0.9% / ±1,482.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

80.7% ±7% (1,625  ±318.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rensselaer: 88.1% 5,938 (±7.9% / ±644.3)
  • 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)
14.5% ±5.3% (292  ±119) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Rensselaer: 26.2% † 1,762 (±4.5% / ±320.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rensselaer County: 37.6% 42,720 (±1.4% / ±1,544.6)
  • about one-third 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

15.4% ±7.4% (452  ±229) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rensselaer: 9.8% † 913 (±2.8% / ±264)
  • more than double the rate in Rensselaer County: 5.6% 8,987
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

4.1% ±3.8% (89  ±83) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rensselaer: 4.9% † 354 (±1.7% / ±128)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rensselaer County: 6% 7,810 (±0.5% / ±610)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
89 Total veterans ±83 89 Male ±83 N/A Female ±14

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