Zip Code 12508 - Beacon, NY

  Neighborhood DetailsUSACounty12508
  Residents per sq. mi.93.4426.81,348.0
  Change 2000-current year15.7%6.0%0.7%
  Change 1990-current year30.9%12.1%-0.1%
  Male percent49.5%48.8%51.8%
  Female percent50.5%51.2%48.2%
  Median Age38.439.239.8
  Households116,211,0007,255,5307,381
  Average household size2.632.622.39
  Current Population329,725,48120,114,74519,631
  Population - 2000285,036,11418,976,45719,487
  Population - 1990251,960,43317,945,40919,651

  Marriage - Zip Code 12508

  Family Type - Zip Code 12508
  Neighborhood DetailsUSACounty12508
  Unemployment rate6.00%8.50%5.80%
  Recent job growth-6.18%-8.56%-5.87%
  Sales tax7.300%8.496%8.125%
  Income tax4.60%6.45%6.45%
  Property tax$11.78$16.77$21.73
  Income - median household$69,021$75,157$88,910
  Income - average per cap$37,638$43,208$41,453
  Cost of living (100=avg)100.0120.5121.0
  Commute time (min)26.433.036.4
  Health cost index100.00100.78103.16

  Income by Population Percent

  Population by Age
  Neighborhood DetailsUSACounty12508
  Homes - owned56.3%47.9%48.7%
  Homes - rented31.2%41.1%44.3%
  Homes - vacant12.5%11.0%7.0%
  Median Home Value$338,100$413,600$456,600
  Home apprec (12 mon.)8.3%8.6%10.4%
  Home median age (yrs)406155
  Average Rent - 2br$1,430$1,960$1,750

  Owner-Occupied Housing By Value
  Neighborhood DetailsUSACounty12508
  School expenditures per pupil$12,383$23,054$18,454
  School pupil/teacher ratio16.813.913.7
  Students per librarian538.1516.1560.3
  Students per counselor403.2367.6464.3
  Physicians per 100K pop.209.8263.5238.4
  Crime risk - personal22.721.133.9
  Crime risk - property35.424.540.1
  Voting - Democrat0.48%0.59%0.48%
  Voting - Republican0.46%0.37%0.47%
  Voting - Independent0.06%0.04%0.05%

  Educational Attainment

  Occupations

  Neighborhood DetailsUSACounty12508
  Sunny days per year205165200
  Air Quality Index58.44762.8
  Watershed quality index556445
  Superfund site index86.99.970.7
  Comfort index7.899
  UV Index4.33.33.6
  Elevation (feet)2,443940159
  January low temp (deg.)21.715.818.0
  July high temp (deg.)85.881.284.3
  Annual rainfall (inches)38.143.547.4
  Annual snowfall (inches)27.862.236.5
  Annual Days with precip106139120

  Average Commute (minutes)

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  Housing by Year Built