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Census Tract 217, Schenectady, NY

4,426 Population
0.5 square miles 9,027 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±6.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Schenectady: 36.1 ±1
  • about the same as the figure in Schenectady County: 39.6 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$23,442 ±$3,974 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Schenectady: $34,175 ±$2,202
  • about half the amount in Schenectady County: $43,516 ±$1,279
  • about half the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$54,472 ±$16,251 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Schenectady: $58,399 ±$2,915
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Schenectady County: $79,623 ±$2,743
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

29.7% ±9% (1,313  ±436) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than 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)

21 minutes ±2.7 (36,015  ±9,082) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Schenectady: 22 599,300 (±0.7 / ±34,283)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Schenectady County: 22.8 1,473,795 (±0.6 / ±53,279)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

1,825 ±157 Number of households
  • Schenectady: 29,184 ±774
  • Schenectady County: 66,902 ±527
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
2.4 ±0.3 (4,388  ±595) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Schenectady: 2.2 64,899 (±0.1 / ±189)
  • a little higher than the figure in Schenectady County: 2.3 155,126 (±0 / ±194)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

11.4% ±6% (138  ±81) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Schenectady: 6% † 1,022 (±1.6% / ±273)
  • about double the rate in Schenectady County: 5.8% † 2,111 (±1% / ±371)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)

Housing

1,849 ±160 Number of housing units
  • Schenectady: 31,417 ±736
  • Schenectady County: 71,244 ±105
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$157,600 ±$9,506 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of 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

12.4% ±8.6% (542  ±381.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Schenectady: 15.7% † 10,689 (±1.7% / ±1,170.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Schenectady County: 11.8% 18,657 (±1% / ±1,511.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

81.7% ±9.1% (2,344  ±388.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Schenectady: 85.7% 39,501 (±3.2% / ±1,618)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Schenectady County: 91.8% 101,563 (±2.1% / ±2,319.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
12.8% ±4.8% (368  ±144.2) 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

25.1% ±10% (1,110  ±468) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Schenectady: 14.6% 10,070 (±1.4% / ±991)
  • more than double the rate in Schenectady County: 10% 15,977
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

2.1% ±1.6% (67  ±54) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Schenectady: 4.7% † 2,612 (±0.8% / ±446)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Schenectady County: 5.3% 6,724 (±0.5% / ±593)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
67 Total veterans ±54 59 Male ±53 8 Female ±15

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