Wynantskill, NY

Census Place

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2024 Population
3,487
US Senator
Chuck Schumer
Democratic Party
US Senator
Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
47.8
9.13% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
6.45%
45.5% 1-year increase
2024 Median Household Income
$108,558
1.41% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$293,400
2.27% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
1,790
14% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in Wynantskill, 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.

98.5% of the residents in Wynantskill, NY are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Wynantskill, NY was $293,400, and the homeownership rate was 83%.

Most people in Wynantskill, NY drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 23 minutes. The average car ownership in Wynantskill, NY was 2 cars per household.

United StatesNew YorkRensselaer County, NYAlbany-Schenectady-Troy, NYRensselaer County--Troy City PUMA, NY

Population & Diversity

Wynantskill, NY is home to a population of 3.49k people, from which 98.5% are citizens. As of 2024, 2.98% of Wynantskill, NY residents were born outside of the country (104 people).

In 2024, there were 22 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (3.1k people) in Wynantskill, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 141 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) and 85 Two Races Including Other (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

98.5%
2024 Citizenship
99.9%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 98.5% of Wynantskill, NY residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Wynantskill, NY was 99.9%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Wynantskill, NY
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    3.1k ± 468
  2. Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic)
    141 ± 133
  3. Two Races Including Other (Non-Hispanic)
    85 ± 64
1.66%
Hispanic Population
58 people

In 2024, there were 22 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (3.1k people) in Wynantskill, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 141 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) and 85 Two Races Including Other (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

1.66% of the people in Wynantskill, NY are hispanic (58 people).

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

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Global Diversity

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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

2.98%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
104 people
2.01%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
74 people

As of 2024, 2.98% of Wynantskill, NY residents (104 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 Wynantskill, NY was 2.01%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    87 ± 49
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    32 ± 49
  3. Korea
    12 ± 24

Wynantskill, NY has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 2.72 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Wynantskill, NY employs 1.79k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Wynantskill, NY were Educational Services (266 people), Public Administration (249 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (247 people), and the highest paying industries were Wholesale Trade ($125,179), Administrative & Support & Waste Management Services ($110,446), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($103,250).

Employment

Occupations

1.79k
2024 Value
± 284
−14%
1 Year decline
± 26.2%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Wynantskill, NY declined at a rate of −14%, from 2.08k employees to 1.79k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Wynantskill, NY, are Management Occupations (304 people), Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (182 people), and Office & Administrative Support Occupations (166 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Wynantskill, 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

1.79k
2024 Value
± 284
−14%
1 Year decline
± 26.2%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Wynantskill, NY declined at a rate of −14%, from 2.08k employees to 1.79k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Wynantskill, NY, are Educational Services (266 people), Public Administration (249 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (247 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Wynantskill, NY, though some of these residents may live in Wynantskill, 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

$73,693
Median earning men ± $13,278
$62,036
Median earning women ± $5,047

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Wholesale Trade ($125,179), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($111,250), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($108,269).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($113,361), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($93,550), and Manufacturing ($70,139).

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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 Wynantskill, NY was $293,400 in 2024, which is 0.882 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $286,900 to $293,400, a 2.27% increase. The homeownership rate in Wynantskill, NY is 83%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Wynantskill, NY have an average commute time of 23 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Wynantskill, NY is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$293,400
Median Property Value 2024
±$22,113
$1,234
Median Property Taxes
±$194

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

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

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Rent vs Own

83%
Homeownership
2024
63.1%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 83% of the housing units in Wynantskill, NY were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 75.4%.

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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.
$108,558
Median Household Income
± $31,204
1.49k
Number of Households
± 249

In 2024, the median household income of the 1.49k households in Wynantskill, NY grew to $108,558 from the previous year's value of $107,045.

The following chart displays the households in Wynantskill, 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 $150k - $200k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Wynantskill, 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 (68.9%)
  2. Worked At Home (22.9%)
  3. Carpooled (7.61%)

In 2024, 68.9% of workers in Wynantskill, NY drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (22.9%) and those who carpooled to work (7.61%).

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

23 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Wynantskill, NY have a shorter commute time (23 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 1.69% of the workforce in Wynantskill, 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 Wynantskill, NY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Wynantskill, NY have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

6.45% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Wynantskill, NY (225 out of 3.49k 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 Females 18 - 24 and then Females 45 - 54.

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

95.2% of the population of Wynantskill, NY has health coverage, with 55.5% on employee plans, 6.37% on Medicaid, 17.9% on Medicare, 14.9% on non-group plans, and 0.545% 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, 46.1% were men and 53.9% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 19.6% under 18 years, 14.1% between 18 and 34 years, 43.7% between 35 and 64 years, and 22.6% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 46.1% were men and 53.9% were women.

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Uninsured People

4.82%
Uninsured
55.5%
Employer Coverage
6.37%
Medicaid
17.9%
Medicare
14.9%
Non-Group
0.545%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Wynantskill, NY grew by 7.31% from 4.49% to 4.82%.

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