Port Chester, NY (New York) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 28,171 (All urban)

Port Chester, New York Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 9,772 (9,531 occupied: 4,116 owner occupied, 5,415 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	57%
State:	47%

Housing density: 4147 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $386,378.

Median contract rent in 2007: $1,156 (lower quartile is $792, upper quartile is $1,513)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $1,323

Median gross rent in Port Chester, NY in 2007: $1,252

Housing units in Port Chester with a mortgage: 1,423 (164 second mortgage, 165 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 984

Port Chester,NY index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $513,638 (it was $252,100 in 2000)

Port Chester:	$513,638
New York:	$311,000

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $355,643 - $532,938

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $491,417
Here: $491,417
State: $352,556

Townhouses or other attached units: $471,616
Here: $471,616
State: $476,263

In 2-unit structures: $568,083
Here: $568,083
State: $482,362

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $595,808
Here: $595,808
State: $552,553

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $234,936
Here: $234,936
State: $503,284

Household type by relationship

Households: 27,589

In family households: 23,827 (4,551 male householders, 1,968 female householders)
4,637 spouses, 8,101 children (7,719 natural, 111 adopted, 271 stepchildren), 517 grandchildren, 669 brothers or sisters, 475 parents, 1,487 other relatives, 1,422 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 3,762 (1,287 male householders (997 living alone)), 1,747 female householders (1,549 living alone)), 728 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 278 (225 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,099 2-persons, 1,423 3-persons, 1,372 4-persons, 762 5-persons, 395 6-persons, 468 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,546 1-person, 375 2-persons, 56 3-persons, 30 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons.

4,134 married couples with children.
1,304 single-parent households (309 men, 995 women).

44.8% of residents of Port Chester speak English at home.
44.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (32% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 28% speak English not well, 14% don't speak English at all).
9.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English well).

Foreign born population: 11,535 (41.4%)
(26.4% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.0
State:	6.3

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.7
State:	3.6

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Port Chester, New York:
	1 room: 35 2 rooms: 98 3 rooms: 302 4 rooms: 531 5 rooms: 683 6 rooms: 841 7 rooms: 633 8 rooms: 485 9 or more rooms: 508

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Port Chester, New York:
	1 room: 249 2 rooms: 643 3 rooms: 1,499 4 rooms: 1,730 5 rooms: 888 6 rooms: 239 7 rooms: 114 8 rooms: 19 9 or more rooms: 34

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 34
1995 to 1998: 113
1990 to 1994: 219
1980 to 1989: 660
1970 to 1979: 606
1960 to 1969: 1,316
1950 to 1959: 1,509
1940 to 1949: 1,299
1939 or earlier: 4,016

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Port Chester:
	no bedroom: 58 1 bedroom: 533 2 bedrooms: 884 3 bedrooms: 1,531 4 bedrooms: 851 5 or more bedrooms: 259

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Port Chester:
	no bedroom: 271 1 bedroom: 2,191 2 bedrooms: 2,009 3 bedrooms: 823 4 bedrooms: 109 5 or more bedrooms: 12

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Port Chester in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 391 1 vehicle: 1,374 2 vehicles: 1,567 3 vehicles: 598 4 vehicles: 140 5 or more vehicles: 46

Cars and other vehicles available in Port Chester in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 1,691 1 vehicle: 2,253 2 vehicles: 1,077 3 vehicles: 261 4 vehicles: 73 5 or more vehicles: 60

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Port Chester, NY:

Less than $10,000: 3
$10,000 to $14,999: 2
$15,000 to $19,999: 2
$20,000 to $24,999: 7
$25,000 to $29,999: 8
$30,000 to $34,999: 7
$35,000 to $39,999: 7
$40,000 to $49,999: 20
$50,000 to $59,999: 60
$60,000 to $69,999: 47
$70,000 to $79,999: 51
$80,000 to $89,999: 20
$90,000 to $99,999: 14
$100,000 to $124,999: 81
$125,000 to $149,999: 50
$150,000 to $174,999: 33
$175,000 to $199,999: 44
$200,000 to $249,999: 100
$250,000 to $299,999: 132
$300,000 to $399,999: 489
$400,000 to $499,999: 787
$500,000 to $749,999: 1657
$750,000 to $999,999: 422
$1,000,000 or more: 117

Port Chester rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Port Chester:

Less than $100: 72 people
$100 to $149: 52
$150 to $199: 89
$200 to $249: 136
$250 to $299: 112
$300 to $349: 81
$350 to $399: 43
$400 to $449: 65
$450 to $499: 61
$500 to $549: 64
$550 to $599: 109
$600 to $649: 94
$650 to $699: 105
$700 to $749: 121
$750 to $799: 109
$800 to $899: 248
$900 to $999: 437
$1,000 to $1,249: 1,127
$1,250 to $1,499: 925
$1,500 to $1,999: 1,063
$2,000 or more: 222
No cash rent: 130

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 3,193 1990 to 1994: 2,810 1985 to 1989: 2,044 1980 to 1984: 1,096 1975 to 1979: 477 1970 to 1974: 550 1970 to 1974: 551 1965 to 1969: 814

Port Chester, NY Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 70.4%
Number of people working at home: 234 (1.8% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 482
5 to 9 minutes: 1714
10 to 14 minutes: 2763
15 to 19 minutes: 2601
20 to 24 minutes: 1870
25 to 29 minutes: 451
30 to 34 minutes: 1325
35 to 39 minutes: 123
40 to 44 minutes: 225
45 to 59 minutes: 456
60 to 89 minutes: 681
90 or more minutes: 206

Port Chester mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 7,799 (59%)
Carpooled: 1,994 (15%)
Bus or trolley bus: 682 (5%)
Subway or elevated: 24 (0%)
Railroad: 716 (5%)
Taxi: 458 (3%)
Motorcycle: 21 (0%)
Bicycle: 14 (0%)
Walked: 1,099 (8%)
Other means: 90 (1%)
Worked at home: 234 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 1010
$10,000 to $14,999: 477
$15,000 to $19,999: 560
$20,000 to $24,999: 546
$25,000 to $29,999: 652
$30,000 to $34,999: 416
$35,000 to $39,999: 535
$40,000 to $44,999: 539
$45,000 to $49,999: 417
$50,000 to $59,999: 986
$60,000 to $74,999: 805
$75,000 to $99,999: 1099
$100,000 to $124,999: 592
$125,000 to $149,999: 389
$150,000 to $199,999: 307
$200,000 or more: 223

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 12725

Italian: 5365

Irish: 1309

United States or American: 801

German: 705

Polish: 545

Brazilian: 342

English: 331

Portuguese: 217

Russian: 172

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 152

French (except Basque): 141

Scotch-Irish: 88

European: 83

Greek: 79

Subsaharan African:: 68

Yugoslavian: 60

British: 57

Other Subsaharan African: 55

Swedish: 53

Jamaican: 48

Barbadian: 46

Swiss: 43

Czechoslovakian: 42

Scottish: 40

Serbian: 38

French Canadian: 34

Dutch: 33

Hungarian: 33

Czech: 32

Croatian: 31

Slovak: 31

Danish: 31

Norwegian: 30

Lithuanian: 28

Haitian: 26

Welsh: 23

Arab:: 22

Belgian: 20

Eastern European: 20

West Indian: 20

Romanian: 19

Turkish: 18

Austrian: 16

African: 13

Ukrainian: 13

Arab/Arabic: 12

Cypriot: 12

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 12

Armenian: 11

Syrian: 10

Finnish: 9

Celtic: 9

Latvian: 7

Slavic: 7

Canadian: 7

Estonian: 3

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Mexico (24%)
Ecuador (12%)
Guatemala (10%)
Peru (8%)
Colombia (7%)
Italy (5%)
Brazil (4%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 12944
Northeast: 1667
Midwest: 170
South: 844
West: 206

63% of Port Chester residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 79% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in New York.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 373
Nursery to 4th grade: 207
5th and 6th grade: 621
7th and 8th grade: 448
9th grade: 316
10th grade: 225
11th grade: 280
12th grade, no diploma: 551
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,424
Less than 1 year of college: 317
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 921
Associate degree: 419
Bachelor's degree: 1,200
Master's degree: 465
Professional school degree: 213
Doctorate degree: 97

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 412
Nursery to 4th grade: 119
5th and 6th grade: 428
7th and 8th grade: 489
9th grade: 279
10th grade: 225
11th grade: 290
12th grade, no diploma: 562
High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,075
Less than 1 year of college: 477
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 935
Associate degree: 499
Bachelor's degree: 1,078
Master's degree: 518
Professional school degree: 237
Doctorate degree: 55

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.4%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 2.3%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 17.1%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 7.0%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 4.8%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 8.8%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 5.7%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 4.8%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 5.6%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 8.4%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $64,794
Black householders: $24,645
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $68,763
Asian householders: $76,609
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $25,732
Some other race householders: $46,231
Two or more races householders: $82,707
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $45,177

Port Chester household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Port Chester household income for Black householders

Port Chester household income for Asian householders

Port Chester household income for Some other race householders

Port Chester household income for Two or more races householders

Port Chester household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Port Chester marital status for males

Port Chester marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $529,937
Black or African American householders: $519,546
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $916,847
Asian householders: $486,744
Some other race householders: $549,497
Two or more races householders: $447,014
Hispanic or Latino householders: $517,101

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 2,722
One, attached: 607
Two: 1,668
3 or 4: 1,697
5 to 9: 864
10 to 19: 218
20 to 49: 637
50 or more: 1,359

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Port Chester:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (48%) Utility gas (47%) Electricity (3%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (42%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (42%) Electricity (12%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%) Other fuel (2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 438

Here:	16.2%
New York:	14.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 238

Here:	16.6%
New York:	13.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 425

Here:	40.9%
New York:	38.2%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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