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Amsterdam, NY Urban Area

21,337 Population
10.1 square miles 2,121.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,914 ±$1,474 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,628 ±$4,851 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.2% ±3.1% (3,835  ±663) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.8 minutes ±1.2 (182,670  ±15,994) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,092 ±393 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (20,700  ±496) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.4% ±2.3% (259  ±112) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

10,942 ±318 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$150,900 ±$10,291 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.4% ±2.5% (2,611  ±529.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.8% ±4.5% (13,396  ±785.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.7% ±2.5% (3,421  ±385.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of 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

4% ±1% (859  ±222) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.4% ±1.4% (1,076  ±227) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,076 Total veterans ±227 1,003 Male ±217 73 Female ±52

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