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Peru, NY

1,965 Population
1.9 square miles 1,021.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±7.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 41.9 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,699 ±$4,935 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: $38,591 ±$1,647
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,812 ±$9,101 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: $71,224 ±$2,611
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13% ±6.4% (253  ±132) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 13.7% 10,003 (±1.2% / ±889)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.3 minutes ±6.6 (14,935  ±6,975) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 20.4 671,105 (±0.8 / ±30,746)
  • about three-fifths of 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

761 ±178 Number of households
  • the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 33,556 ±442
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.7 (1,676  ±344) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 2.2 72,405 (±0 / ±167)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.6% ±5.5% (24  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 5.2% † 898 (±1.4% / ±245)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

761 ±178 Number of housing units
  • the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 37,658 ±101
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$216,600 ±$30,750 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: $180,600 ±$6,729
  • about half the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.9% ±7.2% (193  ±144.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 11.5% † 8,952 (±1.2% / ±936)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90% ±7% (1,252  ±254.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 88.1% 48,311 (±2.6% / ±1,446.6)
  • 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)
33.7% ±8.5% (469  ±146.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 27.6% 15,109 (±1.4% / ±763.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • a little less than 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

7.3% ±3.2% (143  ±68) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 4.8% 3,756
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.2% ±2.9% (79  ±47) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 7.8% 4,993 (±0.6% / ±400)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
79 Total veterans ±47 79 Male ±47 N/A Female ±14

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