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Watervliet, NY
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Watervliet profile


Living in Watervliet



Watervliet is a somewhat small city located in the state of New York. With a population of 10,219 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Watervliet is the 179th largest community in New York. Watervliet 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 Watervliet has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Despite the fact that it is a small city, Watervliet has quite a few people who take public transportation – mostly the bus - for their daily commute to work. This helps to fill a real need in the city for affordable transportation.

The education level of Watervliet citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.41% of adults in Watervliet have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Watervliet in 2018 was $32,186, which is lower middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $128,744 for a family of four. However, Watervliet contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Watervliet is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Watervliet home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Watervliet residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Watervliet also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.38% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Watervliet include Irish, Italian, German, English, and French.

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