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Herkimer, NY

7,335 Population
2.6 square miles 2,833.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.9 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area: 41.6 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$31,426 ±$2,948 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area: $36,677 ±$583
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$57,281 ±$19,599 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area: $68,830 ±$1,572
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

19.5% ±4.3% (1,321  ±304) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area: 14.3% 39,852 (±0.8% / ±2,108)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

19.4 minutes ±2.2 (61,270  ±11,598) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area: 21.5 2,458,755 (±0.5 / ±71,774)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

3,216 ±205 Number of households
  • the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area: 119,787 ±814
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.1 ±0 (6,678  ±430) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area: 2.3 276,741 (±0 / ±187)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

1.8% ±1.6% (33  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area: 5.8% † 3,496 (±0.7% / ±412)
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

3,621 ±257 Number of housing units
  • the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area: 137,734 ±114
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$123,700 ±$33,574 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area: $163,400 ±$2,953
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

13.6% ±4.9% (995  ±360.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area: 10.7% 30,758 (±0.8% / ±2,379.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

90.7% ±7.7% (4,843  ±572.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area: 89.5% 180,817 (±1.4% / ±2,863.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
19.4% ±5.2% (1,037  ±288.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area: 26.7% 53,848 (±0.7% / ±1,489.5)
  • about half 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

3.8% ±2.3% (276  ±172) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area: 7.4% 21,289
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

4.6% ±1.9% (290  ±123) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area: 7.4% 16,747 (±0.4% / ±854)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
290 Total veterans ±123 243 Male ±108 47 Female ±38

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