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Census Tract 525.01, Rensselaer, NY

5,642 Population
32.1 square miles 175.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.5 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 20 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
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$56,761 ±$6,511 Per capita income
  • 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
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$125,208 ±$20,598 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Rensselaer County: $87,915 ±$2,391
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.3% ±1.4% (244  ±83) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rensselaer County: 11.8% 18,191 (±1% / ±1,548)
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.3 minutes ±1 (49,120  ±8,764) Mean travel time to work
  • 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)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,386 ±293 Number of households
  • Rensselaer County: 66,686 ±619
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.4 (5,594  ±497) Persons per household
  • about the same as 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
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.1% ±3.5% (34  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rensselaer County: 4.5% † 1,662 (±0.8% / ±283)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,718 ±281 Number of housing units
  • Rensselaer County: 74,543 ±105
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$317,200 ±$19,814 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Rensselaer County: $258,400 ±$6,368
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.6% ±3.6% (372  ±206.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rensselaer County: 11.3% 18,011 (±0.9% / ±1,482.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.5% ±8.9% (3,902  ±521.2) High school grad or higher
  • 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)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
42.4% ±6.7% (1,789  ±329.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rensselaer County: 37.6% 42,720 (±1.4% / ±1,544.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4% ±2.8% (224  ±159) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rensselaer County: 5.6% 8,987
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.7% ±3.3% (394  ±155) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Rensselaer County: 6% 7,810 (±0.5% / ±610)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
394 Total veterans ±155 340 Male ±132 54 Female ±87

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