Nyack, NY

Census Place

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2024 Population
7,393
US Senator
Chuck Schumer
Democratic Party
US Senator
Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
40.4
2.02% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
7.28%
11.9% 1-year increase
2024 Median Household Income
$116,649
1.88% 1-year decline
2024 Median Property Value
$628,200
1.44% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
4,248
1.41% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Nyack, NY reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

93.2% of the residents in Nyack, NY are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Nyack, NY was $628,200, and the homeownership rate was 32.6%.

Most people in Nyack, NY drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 36 minutes. The average car ownership in Nyack, NY was 2 cars per household.

United StatesNew YorkRockland County, NYNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PARockland County (South)--Orangetown, Clarkstown (South) & Ramapo (Southeast) Towns PUMA, NYWestchester County (Northwest) PUMA, NY

Population & Diversity

Nyack, NY is home to a population of 7.39k people, from which 93.2% are citizens. As of 2024, 20.3% of Nyack, NY residents were born outside of the country (1.5k people).

In 2024, there were 2.87 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (3.86k people) in Nyack, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 1.34k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 606 Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

93.2%
2024 Citizenship
94.8%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 93.2% of Nyack, NY residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Nyack, NY was 94.8%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Nyack, NY
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    3.86k ± 402
  2. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    1.34k ± 432
  3. Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
    606 ± 223
20.6%
Hispanic Population
1.52k people

In 2024, there were 2.87 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (3.86k people) in Nyack, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 1.34k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 606 Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

20.6% of the people in Nyack, NY are hispanic (1.52k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Nyack, NY as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for New York.
Most Common Origin
  1. Dominican Republic
    493,200 ± 17,027 people
  2. China
    410,969 ± 15,575 people
  3. Jamaica
    234,174 ± 11,811 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of New York was Dominican Republic, the natal country of 493,200 New York residents, followed by China with 410,969 and Jamaica with 234,174.

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Foreign-Born Population

20.3%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
1.5k people
14.9%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
1.12k people

As of 2024, 20.3% of Nyack, NY residents (1.5k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Nyack, NY was 14.9%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    142 ± 179
  2. Gulf War (1990s)
    54 ± 72
  3. Gulf War (2001-)
    11 ± 31

Nyack, NY has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 2.63 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Nyack, NY employs 4.25k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Nyack, NY were Health Care & Social Assistance (989 people), Educational Services (685 people), and Retail Trade (442 people), and the highest paying industries were Wholesale Trade ($154,145), Information ($142,744), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($103,994).

Employment

Occupations

4.25k
2024 Value
± 551
1.41%
1 Year growth
± 18.6%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Nyack, NY grew at a rate of 1.41%, from 4.19k employees to 4.25k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Nyack, NY, are Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (469 people), Business & Financial Operations Occupations (450 people), and Health Diagnosing & Treating Practitioners & Other Technical Occupations (438 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Nyack, NY.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New York.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

4.25k
2024 Value
± 551
1.41%
1 Year growth
± 18.6%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Nyack, NY grew at a rate of 1.41%, from 4.19k employees to 4.25k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Nyack, NY, are Health Care & Social Assistance (989 people), Educational Services (685 people), and Retail Trade (442 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Nyack, NY, though some of these residents may live in Nyack, NY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$77,192
Median earning men ± $39,525
$72,878
Median earning women ± $15,210

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Wholesale Trade ($154,474), Information ($142,744), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($103,769).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($125,694), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($85,729), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($83,681).

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Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New York.
Y-Axis
2.74%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 9.56M people employed in New York. This represents a 2.74% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 19.7%.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Nyack, NY was $628,200 in 2024, which is 1.89 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $619,300 to $628,200, a 1.44% increase. The homeownership rate in Nyack, NY is 32.6%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Nyack, NY have an average commute time of 36 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Nyack, NY is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$628,200
Median Property Value 2024
±$75,885
$1,116
Median Property Taxes
±$287

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Nyack, NY the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Nyack, NY compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

32.6%
Homeownership
2024
53%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 32.6% of the housing units in Nyack, NY were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 35.2%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$116,649
Median Household Income
± $19,106
3.43k
Number of Households
± 496

In 2024, the median household income of the 3.43k households in Nyack, NY declined from $116,649 from the previous year's value of $118,889.

The following chart displays the households in Nyack, NY distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $200k+ range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Nyack, NY is from New York.
0.493
2023 Wage GINI in New York
0.494
2022 Wage GINI in New York

In 2023, the income inequality in New York was 0.493 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.0797% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for New York was higher than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in New York in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (58.2%)
  2. Worked At Home (19%)
  3. Public Transit (10.9%)

In 2024, 58.2% of workers in Nyack, NY drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (19%) and those who used public transit to get to work (10.9%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

36 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Nyack, NY have a longer commute time (36 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 10.1% of the workforce in Nyack, NY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Nyack, NY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Nyack, NY have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

7.28% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Nyack, NY (530 out of 7.28k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 45 - 54, followed by Males 25 - 34 and then Males 55 - 64.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Nyack, NY is White, followed by Hispanic and Black.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

98.2% of the population of Nyack, NY has health coverage, with 56.3% on employee plans, 15.6% on Medicaid, 16.6% on Medicare, 9.65% on non-group plans, and 0.123% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in New York see 1,245 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,245 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1205 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 265 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 48.8% were men and 51.2% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 17.3% under 18 years, 20.5% between 18 and 34 years, 42.5% between 35 and 64 years, and 19.7% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 48.8% were men and 51.2% were women.

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Uninsured People

1.79%
Uninsured
56.3%
Employer Coverage
15.6%
Medicaid
16.6%
Medicare
9.65%
Non-Group
0.123%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Nyack, NY declined by 52.1% from 3.73% to 1.79%.

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