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Beacon City School District, NY

27,900 Population
20 square miles 1,393.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Dutchess County: 42.5 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$54,113 ±$3,455 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Dutchess County: $53,683 ±$1,460
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$94,958 ±$10,889 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Dutchess County: $99,478 ±$2,151
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.7% ±1.7% (2,746  ±439) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Dutchess County: 8.4% 23,837 (±0.6% / ±1,656)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

38.6 minutes ±2.3 (450,935  ±42,006) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Dutchess County: 31.2 3,851,535 (±0.6 / ±101,083)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

11,909 ±579 Number of households
  • Dutchess County: 116,275 ±524
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (24,917  ±742) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dutchess County: 2.4 279,374 (±0 / ±172)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.6% ±1.9% (302  ±123) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dutchess County: 5.1% † 3,433 (±0.7% / ±491)
  • a little less than 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

12,276 ±584 Number of housing units
  • Dutchess County: 123,169 ±156
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$461,200 ±$17,495 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Dutchess County: $400,600 ±$6,095
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.9% ±2.6% (4,131  ±728) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Dutchess County: 10.2% 29,958 (±0.6% / ±1,692)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.9% ±3.9% (19,316  ±1,112) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Dutchess County: 91.9% 195,659 (±1.5% / ±3,220)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
45.2% ±3.1% (10,037  ±782.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dutchess County: 41.6% 88,568 (±0.9% / ±2,007.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about 25 percent higher 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

11.9% ±2.1% (3,324  ±578) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Dutchess County: 11.7% 34,915
  • about half the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.6% ±1% (1,071  ±235) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Dutchess County: 4.8% 11,695 (±0.3% / ±727)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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)
1,071 Total veterans ±235 1,032 Male ±229 39 Female ±44

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