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Schenectady, NY
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Schenectady profile


Living in Schenectady



Schenectady is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New York. With a population of 68,809 people and 47 constituent neighborhoods, Schenectady is the 13th largest community in New York. Schenectady has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

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

Many people in Schenectady take advantage of public transportation to get around. In fact, for the size of the city, the number of people who use the bus to commute to work is quite high. This helps to fill a need among Schenectady citizens for affordable transportation.

The education level of Schenectady citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.82% of adults in Schenectady have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Schenectady in 2018 was $27,363, 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 $109,452 for a family of four. However, Schenectady contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Schenectady is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Schenectady home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Schenectady residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Schenectady also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.75% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Schenectady include Irish, Italian, German, French, and English.

In addition, Schenectady has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.79%).

The most common language spoken in Schenectady is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Urdu.