Demographics of Poughkeepsie city, New York

Poughkeepsie city, New York had 32,499 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +928 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Poughkeepsie city, in four figures

32,499
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 31,958 ±37.; +2.9%
Change since July 2020: +928 people.; 38.1 ±2.4
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $60,741 ±$5,784
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Poughkeepsie city, New York's population grew 2.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Poughkeepsie city, New York's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Poughkeepsie city, New York's population grew 2.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Poughkeepsie city, New York's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	31,571	100.0	100.0
2021	32,043	101.5	100.2
2022	31,960	101.2	100.7
2023	31,843	100.9	101.6
2024	32,248	102.1	102.5
2025	32,499	102.9	103.1

Population of Poughkeepsie city, New York on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	31,571	—
2021	32,043	+472
2022	31,960	−83
2023	31,843	−117
2024	32,248	+405
2025	32,499	+251

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 38.1 ±2.4: for men 35.7 ±2.0 and for women 39.9 ±1.9. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Poughkeepsie city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	New York	United States
Under 5	1,797 ±450	5.6% ±1.4	5.4% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	4,123 ±574	12.9% ±1.8	15.0% ±<0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	3,086 ±479	9.7% ±1.5	8.9% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	10,754 ±848	33.7% ±2.7	27.1% ±<0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	6,957 ±609	21.8% ±1.9	25.6% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	5,241 ±494	16.4% ±1.5	17.9% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $60,741 ±$5,784, and income per person $44,215 ±$10,421, in 2024 dollars. The median is $85,974 ±$402 in New York and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Poughkeepsie city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	New York	United States
Under $25,000	2,765 ±416	20.3% ±2.9	16.0% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,913 ±525	21.3% ±3.7	15.1% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	2,331 ±441	17.1% ±3.1	13.6% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,507 ±249	11.0% ±1.8	11.4% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	2,207 ±430	16.2% ±3.1	16.7% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	792 ±187	5.8% ±1.3	10.1% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,135 ±301	8.3% ±2.2	17.1% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Poughkeepsie city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	New York	United States
All ages	5,497 ±1,140	17.6% ±3.7	14.0% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,209 ±386	20.5% ±5.9	18.3% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	3,039 ±744	16.5% ±3.9	12.8% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,249 ±336	18.3% ±4.6	13.1% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Poughkeepsie city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Poughkeepsie city	New York	United States
Housing units	14,290 ±576	8,585,241 ±652	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	95.5% ±1.7	90.0% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	4.5% ±1.4	10.0% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	38.8% ±3.1	54.3% ±0.2	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	61.2% ±3.1	45.7% ±0.1	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$283,700 ±$14,849	$423,800 ±$1,627	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,400 ±$100	$1,621 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1952 ±4	1959 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Poughkeepsie city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	New York	United States
Hispanic or Latino	8,776 ±1,058	27.5% ±3.3	19.8% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	10,497 ±1,000	32.8% ±3.1	52.8% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	9,584 ±1,087	30.0% ±3.4	13.4% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	249 to 743	0.8% to 2.3%	9.0% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 13	0% to < 0.1%	0.2% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 29	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	130 to 724	0.4% to 2.3%	1.0% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	2,173 ±503	6.8% ±1.6	3.8% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Poughkeepsie city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	New York	United States
Born in the state	20,418 ±1,040	63.9% ±3.3	62.4% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	3,630 ±547	11.4% ±1.7	12.3% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	714 ±267	2.2% ±0.8	2.5% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	7,196 ±1,121	22.5% ±3.5	22.8% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	3,070 ±444	9.6% ±1.4	13.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	4,126 ±973	12.9% ±3.0	9.2% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Poughkeepsie city among the places of New York

39th of 354 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the New York page.

Places of New York near Poughkeepsie city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
New City CDP	34,458 ±1,373
Spring Valley village	33,192 ±64
Uniondale CDP	33,148 ±2,045
Ithaca city	32,814 ±31
Huntington Station CDP	32,601 ±1,631
Poughkeepsie city	31,958 ±37
Centereach CDP	31,839 ±1,924
Rome city	31,795 ±47
Bay Shore CDP	31,683 ±2,135
Oceanside CDP	31,639 ±1,346
Port Chester village	31,102 ±43

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Poughkeepsie city, New York

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026