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Census Tract 526.01, Rensselaer, NY

3,493 Population
43.8 square miles 79.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in East Nassau: 38.6 † ±10.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Rensselaer County: 40.1 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$49,178 ±$8,052 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in East Nassau: $36,399 † ±$4,420
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Rensselaer County: $46,000 ±$1,084
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$93,438 ±$7,371 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in East Nassau: $77,813 † ±$31,586
  • a little higher than the amount in Rensselaer County: $87,915 ±$2,391
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

7.8% ±3.5% (274  ±123) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in East Nassau: 10.9% † 67 (±6.6% / ±44)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rensselaer County: 11.8% 18,191 (±1% / ±1,548)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

28.1 minutes ±6.5 (42,135  ±6,341) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in East Nassau: 34.6 † 9,190 (±16.4 / ±2,914)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Rensselaer County: 24 1,606,375 (±0.6 / ±54,989)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

1,404 ±123 Number of households
  • East Nassau: 243 † ±70
  • Rensselaer County: 66,686 ±619
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
2.5 ±0.3 (3,490  ±176) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in East Nassau: 2.5 † 613 (±1 / ±154)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rensselaer County: 2.3 153,331 (±0 / ±208)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

12% ±6.4% (82  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in East Nassau: 19.5% † 25 (±11.9% / ±18)
  • 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

1,619 ±120 Number of housing units
  • East Nassau: 284 † ±74
  • Rensselaer County: 74,543 ±105
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$275,000 ±$43,095 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in East Nassau: $225,000 † ±$54,881
  • a little higher than the amount in Rensselaer County: $258,400 ±$6,368
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

6.3% ±3.8% (215  ±130.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in East Nassau: 1.2% † 7 (±4.4% / ±26.6)
  • 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)

Social

91.8% ±9% (2,386  ±280.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in East Nassau: 97.5% † 433 (±32.8% / ±97.1)
  • 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)
30.3% ±5.2% (786  ±144.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in East Nassau: 32.7% † 145 (±9.7% / ±56.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rensselaer County: 37.6% 42,720 (±1.4% / ±1,544.6)
  • about three-quarters 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

2.9% ±1.7% (100  ±60) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in East Nassau: 3.3% † 20 (±2.3% / ±15)
  • about half the rate in Rensselaer County: 5.6% 8,987
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

4.3% ±1.9% (120  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in East Nassau: 7.6% † 35 (±5.8% / ±28)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rensselaer County: 6% 7,810 (±0.5% / ±610)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
120 Total veterans ±52 116 Male ±52 4 Female ±7

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