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Census Tract 208, Schenectady, NY

3,653 Population
0.5 square miles 8,067.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33 ±5.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Schenectady: 36.1 ±1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Schenectady County: 39.6 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$25,572 ±$3,980 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Schenectady: $34,175 ±$2,202
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Schenectady County: $43,516 ±$1,279
  • about half the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$31,902 ±$10,772 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Schenectady: $58,399 ±$2,915
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Schenectady County: $79,623 ±$2,743
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

30.8% ±10.2% (1,123  ±415) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Schenectady: 23.8% 15,570 (±2.3% / ±1,508)
  • more than double the rate in Schenectady County: 13.3% 20,700 (±1.1% / ±1,712)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

29.1 minutes ±5.5 (43,460  ±14,571) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Schenectady: 22 599,300 (±0.7 / ±34,283)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Schenectady County: 22.8 1,473,795 (±0.6 / ±53,279)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

1,720 ±230 Number of households
  • Schenectady: 29,184 ±774
  • Schenectady County: 66,902 ±527
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
2.1 ±0.2 (3,642  ±591) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Schenectady: 2.2 64,899 (±0.1 / ±189)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Schenectady County: 2.3 155,126 (±0 / ±194)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

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

Housing

1,954 ±222 Number of housing units
  • Schenectady: 31,417 ±736
  • Schenectady County: 71,244 ±105
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$162,900 ±$12,428 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Schenectady: $168,800 ±$4,579
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Schenectady County: $235,700 ±$3,709
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

34.8% ±12.8% (1,272  ±510.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Schenectady: 15.7% † 10,689 (±1.7% / ±1,170.5)
  • more than double the rate in Schenectady County: 11.8% 18,657 (±1% / ±1,511.6)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

87.1% ±5.2% (2,083  ±398.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Schenectady: 85.7% 39,501 (±3.2% / ±1,618)
  • a little less than the rate in Schenectady County: 91.8% 101,563 (±2.1% / ±2,319.4)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
12.8% ±6.2% (305  ±157.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Schenectady: 25.4% 11,714 (±1.7% / ±823)
  • about one-third of the rate in Schenectady County: 36.1% 39,966 (±1.3% / ±1,405.3)
  • 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

12.6% ±5.3% (460  ±206) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Schenectady: 14.6% 10,070 (±1.4% / ±991)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Schenectady County: 10% 15,977
  • about half the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

3.4% ±3.1% (100  ±95) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Schenectady: 4.7% † 2,612 (±0.8% / ±446)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Schenectady County: 5.3% 6,724 (±0.5% / ±593)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
100 Total veterans ±95 59 Male ±71 41 Female ±64

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