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Buchanan, NY

2,296 Population
1.4 square miles 1,622.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±3.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.4 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$57,540 ±$8,143 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $54,510 ±$245
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$127,375 ±$30,144 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $97,334 ±$454
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

3.8% ±2.5% (86  ±58) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.4% 2,416,274 (±0.1% / ±24,918)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

35.2 minutes ±5.1 (37,065  ±9,169) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 36 290,532,500 (±0.1 / ±1,085,869)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

817 ±65 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,362,500 ±10,268
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.8 ±0.4 (2,276  ±384) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,350,254
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

2.7% ±2.9% (14  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 4.9% 231,816 (±0.1% / ±4,495)
  • about half the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

849 ±74 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,991,914 ±1,323
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$492,000 ±$61,004 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $587,400 ±$1,207
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

4.4% ±2.6% (101  ±62.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 9.4% 1,837,795 (±0.1% / ±17,907.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

95.4% ±6.6% (1,485  ±196.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.6% 12,182,060 (±0.2% / ±31,146.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
45.8% ±7.7% (713  ±143.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 43.5% 6,051,126 (±0.2% / ±21,441.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

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

9.5% ±5.5% (219  ±132) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 29.8% 5,892,182
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

2.5% ±1.4% (44  ±26) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.8% 432,659 (±0% / ±6,334)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
44 Total veterans ±26 44 Male ±26 N/A Female ±13

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