Watervliet is a somewhat small city located in the state of New York. With a population of 10,207 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Watervliet is the 204th largest community in New York. Watervliet has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Watervliet is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Watervliet is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Watervliet who work in office and administrative support jobs (25.66%), sales jobs (9.18%), and food service (6.29%).

Also of interest is that Watervliet has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.73 minutes getting to work every day.

Watervliet Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Watervliet is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 14.96%: 15.04% of adults 25 and older in Watervliet have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Watervliet in 2000 was $18,294, which is lower middle income relative to New York, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $73,176 for a family of four.

The people who call Watervliet home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Watervliet is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Watervliet include Irish, Italian, German, Polish, French, English, and French Canadian.

The most common language spoken in Watervliet is English.