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West Point, NY

6,549 Population
18.4 square miles 355.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.5 ±0.2 Median age
  • about half the figure in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about half the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$31,624 ±$2,832 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: $46,159 ±$780
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$139,700 ±$10,495 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: $96,912 ±$1,636
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

3.3% ±2.9% (137  ±120) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 11% 74,566 (±0.6% / ±4,305)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

10.5 minutes ±2.2 (27,735  ±7,489) Mean travel time to work
  • about one-third of the figure in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 33 9,501,445 (±0.5 / ±177,329)
  • about one-third of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

1,118 ±135 Number of households
  • the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 252,495 ±1,125
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
3.7 ±0.6 (4,112  ±489) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 2.7 672,162 (±0 / ±335)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

3.2% ±2% (60  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 6.2% 9,850 (±0.5% / ±775)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

1,241 ±141 Number of housing units
  • the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 271,096 ±231
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

24.5% ±6.3% (1,592  ±426.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 9.4% 65,330 (±0.4% / ±3,004.1)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

97.3% ±16.2% (2,013  ±231.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 90.6% 425,995 (±1% / ±4,881.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
78.7% ±2.7% (1,629  ±204.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 35.6% 167,361 (±0.6% / ±2,920.7)
  • about double 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

5.8% ±1.8% (380  ±122) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 12.5% 87,698
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

40.1% ±7.7% (863  ±213) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 5.3% 28,389 (±0.2% / ±1,186)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
863 Total veterans ±213 561 Male ±186 302 Female ±122

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