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Colonie, NY

7,702 Population
3.2 square miles 2,376 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 40.5 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,842 ±$3,678 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: $49,088 ±$657
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$103,983 ±$5,902 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: $88,074 ±$1,336
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.5% ±3.3% (574  ±250) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 11.2% 97,960 (±0.4% / ±3,567)
  • about half the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17 minutes ±1.4 (55,325  ±6,937) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 23.5 8,872,660 (±0.3 / ±141,585)
  • about half the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,193 ±287 Number of households
  • the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 383,063 ±1,692
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (7,678  ±22) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 2.3 869,224 (±0 / ±449)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.1% ±7.1% (143  ±103) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 4.7% 9,991 (±0.4% / ±822)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,258 ±289 Number of housing units
  • the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 422,120 ±259
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$285,400 ±$10,126 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: $285,900 ±$2,351
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.6% ±3% (426  ±224.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 11.9% 106,790 (±0.4% / ±3,804.1)
  • about three-fifths 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

89.5% ±7.4% (4,885  ±543.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 93.3% 592,439 (±0.9% / ±5,556.2)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
35.7% ±5.6% (1,948  ±336) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 42.1% 266,947 (±0.6% / ±3,802.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about the same as 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

9.2% ±3.5% (709  ±269) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 8.5% 76,838
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.8% ±1.9% (294  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 5.7% 41,643 (±0.2% / ±1,477)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
294 Total veterans ±118 277 Male ±115 17 Female ±27

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