Upper Nyack, NY

Census Place

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2024 Population
1,991
US Senator
Chuck Schumer
Democratic Party
US Senator
Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
51.4
3.42% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
10.4%
2.14% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$188,125
3.73% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$719,000
5.58% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
936
7.87% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in Upper 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.

95.5% of the residents in Upper Nyack, NY are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Upper Nyack, NY was $719,000, and the homeownership rate was 94%.

Most people in Upper Nyack, NY drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 39.3 minutes. The average car ownership in Upper Nyack, NY was 2 cars per household.

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

Population & Diversity

Upper Nyack, NY is home to a population of 1.99k people, from which 95.5% are citizens. As of 2024, 10.8% of Upper Nyack, NY residents were born outside of the country (215 people).

In 2024, there were 6.48 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (1.44k people) in Upper Nyack, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 222 Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 99 Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

95.5%
2024 Citizenship
96.4%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 95.5% of Upper Nyack, NY residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Upper Nyack, NY was 96.4%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Upper Nyack, NY
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    1.44k ± 159
  2. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    222 ± 221
  3. Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
    99 ± 59
10.6%
Hispanic Population
211 people

In 2024, there were 6.48 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (1.44k people) in Upper Nyack, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 222 Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 99 Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

10.6% of the people in Upper Nyack, NY are hispanic (211 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Upper 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

10.8%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
215 people
11.2%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
233 people

As of 2024, 10.8% of Upper Nyack, NY residents (215 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 Upper Nyack, NY was 11.2%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    26 ± 27
  2. Korea
    7 ± 17

Upper Nyack, NY has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 3.71 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Upper Nyack, NY employs 936 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Upper Nyack, NY were Educational Services (148 people), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (132 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (131 people), and the highest paying industries were Finance & Insurance ($193,750), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($188,000), and Wholesale Trade ($134,107).

Employment

Occupations

936
2024 Value
± 138
−7.87%
1 Year decline
± 22.2%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Upper Nyack, NY declined at a rate of −7.87%, from 1.02k employees to 936 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Upper Nyack, NY, are Sales & Related Occupations (131 people), Management Occupations (121 people), and Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (106 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Upper 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

936
2024 Value
± 138
−7.87%
1 Year decline
± 22.2%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Upper Nyack, NY declined at a rate of −7.87%, from 1.02k employees to 936 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Upper Nyack, NY, are Educational Services (148 people), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (132 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (131 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Upper Nyack, NY, though some of these residents may live in Upper 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

$116,250
Median earning men ± $28,017
$71,000
Median earning women ± $14,352

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($208,750), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($146,507), and Construction ($114,375).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Wholesale Trade ($133,571), Construction ($96,250), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($92,083).

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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 Upper Nyack, NY was $719,000 in 2024, which is 2.16 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $681,000 to $719,000, a 5.58% increase. The homeownership rate in Upper Nyack, NY is 94%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Upper Nyack, NY have an average commute time of 39.3 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Upper Nyack, NY is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$719,000
Median Property Value 2024
±$42,451
$690
Median Property Taxes
±$102

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 Upper Nyack, NY the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

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

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Rent vs Own

94%
Homeownership
2024
58.4%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 94% of the housing units in Upper Nyack, NY were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 96.5%.

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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.
$188,125
Median Household Income
± $64,869
734
Number of Households
± 104

In 2024, the median household income of the 734 households in Upper Nyack, NY grew to $188,125 from the previous year's value of $181,364.

The following chart displays the households in Upper 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 Upper 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 (57.3%)
  2. Worked At Home (30.9%)
  3. Public Transit (5.09%)

In 2024, 57.3% of workers in Upper Nyack, NY drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (30.9%) and those who used public transit to get to work (5.09%).

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

39.3 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Upper Nyack, NY have a longer commute time (39.3 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 8.46% of the workforce in Upper 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 Upper Nyack, NY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Upper Nyack, NY have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

10.4% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Upper Nyack, NY (205 out of 1.97k 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 Females 65 - 74, followed by Males 55 - 64 and then Males < 5.

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

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

97.9% of the population of Upper Nyack, NY has health coverage, with 59.2% on employee plans, 10.4% on Medicaid, 18.4% on Medicare, 9.52% on non-group plans, and 0.304% 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, 48.2% were men and 51.8% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 24% under 18 years, 9.32% between 18 and 34 years, 42.9% between 35 and 64 years, and 23.9% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 48.2% were men and 51.8% were women.

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Uninsured People

2.13%
Uninsured
59.2%
Employer Coverage
10.4%
Medicaid
18.4%
Medicare
9.52%
Non-Group
0.304%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Upper Nyack, NY grew by 87.7% from 1.13% to 2.13%.

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