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Census Tract 522.04, Rensselaer, NY

2,272 Population
10.6 square miles 214.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.6 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Sand Lake: 42.4 † ±8
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rensselaer County: 40.1 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$56,467 ±$7,079 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Sand Lake: $50,818 † ±$8,436
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Rensselaer County: $46,000 ±$1,084
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$132,019 ±$25,354 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Sand Lake: $121,250 † ±$30,400
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Rensselaer County: $87,915 ±$2,391
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

3.5% ±3.7% (80  ±85) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Sand Lake: 4% † 138 (±3.6% / ±129)
  • about one-third of the rate in Rensselaer County: 11.8% 18,191 (±1% / ±1,548)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

26.4 minutes ±7.9 (25,900  ±5,157) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in West Sand Lake: 21.1 † 34,250 (±8.7 / ±9,061)
  • 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

861 ±105 Number of households
  • West Sand Lake: 1,230 † ±238
  • Rensselaer County: 66,686 ±619
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
2.6 ±0.2 (2,255  ±309) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Sand Lake: 2.8 † 3,468 (±0.8 / ±649)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rensselaer County: 2.3 153,331 (±0 / ±208)
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

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

Housing

1,047 ±115 Number of housing units
  • West Sand Lake: 1,230 † ±238
  • Rensselaer County: 74,543 ±105
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$390,900 ±$42,344 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in West Sand Lake: $315,800 † ±$76,733
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Rensselaer County: $258,400 ±$6,368
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

4.5% ±4.6% (102  ±104.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Sand Lake: 5.5% † 191 (±5.8% / ±206.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rensselaer County: 11.3% 18,011 (±0.9% / ±1,482.2)
  • about half the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

94.6% ±9.3% (1,553  ±233.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in West Sand Lake: 91.1% 2,105 (±6.4% / ±417.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Rensselaer County: 92.6% 105,352 (±2.1% / ±2,418.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
37.8% ±8.2% (621  ±151.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in West Sand Lake: 38.6% † 892 (±6.7% / ±225.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Rensselaer County: 37.6% 42,720 (±1.4% / ±1,544.6)
  • a little less than 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

4.7% ±5.8% (107  ±132) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in West Sand Lake: 1% † 36 (±1.3% / ±46)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rensselaer County: 5.6% 8,987
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

2.7% ±1.9% (49  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in West Sand Lake: 9.7% † 242 (±5.1% / ±134)
  • about half the rate in Rensselaer County: 6% 7,810 (±0.5% / ±610)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
49 Total veterans ±35 25 Male ±25 24 Female ±20

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