Vestal, NY (New York) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 27,251 (Urban population: 21,857, Rural population: 5,394 (all nonfarm))

Houses: 8,898 (8,525 occupied: 6,709 owner occupied, 1,816 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	21%
State:	47%

Housing density: 171 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: $593 (lower quartile is $476, upper quartile is $706)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $637

Median gross rent in Vestal, NY in 2007: $692

Housing units in Vestal with a mortgage: 3,927 (263 second mortgage, 421 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,017

Vestal,NY index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $117,911 (it was $89,400 in 2000)

Vestal:	$117,911
New York:	$311,000

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $88,102 - $189,524

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $164,971
Here: $164,971
State: $352,556

Townhouses or other attached units: $126,730
Here: $126,730
State: $476,263

In 2-unit structures: $240,145
Here: $240,145
State: $482,362

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $92,545
Here: $92,545
State: $552,553

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $190,046
Here: $190,046
State: $503,284

Mobile homes: $27,425
Here: $27,425
State: $40,766

Household type by relationship

Households: 20,883

In family households: 17,953 (4,987 male householders, 1,067 female householders)
5,147 spouses, 6,112 children (5,677 natural, 212 adopted, 223 stepchildren), 89 grandchildren, 73 brothers or sisters, 131 parents, 96 other relatives, 251 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 2,930 (926 male householders (797 living alone)), 1,556 female householders (1,344 living alone)), 448 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 5,652 (608 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,859 2-persons, 1,226 3-persons, 1,236 4-persons, 519 5-persons, 189 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,141 1-person, 307 2-persons, 24 3-persons, 10 4-persons.

4,095 married couples with children.
700 single-parent households (179 men, 521 women).

85.6% of residents of Vestal speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
5.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
5.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (73% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).

Foreign born population: 2,586 (9.7%)
(56.8% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.7
State:	6.3

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.0
State:	3.6

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Vestal, New York:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 0 3 rooms: 42 4 rooms: 377 5 rooms: 1,055 6 rooms: 1,654 7 rooms: 1,244 8 rooms: 972 9 or more rooms: 1,365

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Vestal, New York:
	1 room: 50 2 rooms: 207 3 rooms: 241 4 rooms: 748 5 rooms: 273 6 rooms: 154 7 rooms: 78 8 rooms: 59 9 or more rooms: 6

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 21
1995 to 1998: 104
1990 to 1994: 311
1980 to 1989: 971
1970 to 1979: 1,220
1960 to 1969: 2,275
1950 to 1959: 1,945
1940 to 1949: 1,036
1939 or earlier: 1,015

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Vestal:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 80 2 bedrooms: 929 3 bedrooms: 3,599 4 bedrooms: 1,758 5 or more bedrooms: 343

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Vestal:
	no bedroom: 57 1 bedroom: 451 2 bedrooms: 955 3 bedrooms: 276 4 bedrooms: 71 5 or more bedrooms: 6

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Vestal in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 150 1 vehicle: 1,849 2 vehicles: 3,389 3 vehicles: 1,029 4 vehicles: 234 5 or more vehicles: 58

Cars and other vehicles available in Vestal in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 327 1 vehicle: 999 2 vehicles: 405 3 vehicles: 85 4 vehicles: 0 5 or more vehicles: 0

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

Less than $10,000: 64
$10,000 to $14,999: 32
$15,000 to $19,999: 34
$20,000 to $24,999: 38
$25,000 to $29,999: 18
$30,000 to $34,999: 12
$35,000 to $39,999: 18
$40,000 to $49,999: 109
$50,000 to $59,999: 180
$60,000 to $69,999: 243
$70,000 to $79,999: 328
$80,000 to $89,999: 530
$90,000 to $99,999: 629
$100,000 to $124,999: 1645
$125,000 to $149,999: 926
$150,000 to $174,999: 574
$175,000 to $199,999: 386
$200,000 to $249,999: 424
$250,000 to $299,999: 226
$300,000 to $399,999: 246
$400,000 to $499,999: 109
$500,000 to $749,999: 95
$750,000 to $999,999: 14
$1,000,000 or more: 9

Vestal rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Vestal:

Less than $100: 8 people
$100 to $149: 2
$150 to $199: 0
$200 to $249: 0
$250 to $299: 0
$300 to $349: 69
$350 to $399: 109
$400 to $449: 132
$450 to $499: 162
$500 to $549: 222
$550 to $599: 173
$600 to $649: 174
$650 to $699: 189
$700 to $749: 149
$750 to $799: 59
$800 to $899: 67
$900 to $999: 31
$1,000 to $1,249: 83
$1,250 to $1,499: 12
$1,500 to $1,999: 16
$2,000 or more: 51
No cash rent: 119

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 477 1990 to 1994: 559 1985 to 1989: 448 1980 to 1984: 328 1975 to 1979: 154 1970 to 1974: 127 1970 to 1974: 96 1965 to 1969: 397

Percentage of workers working in this county: 90.6%
Number of people working at home: 363 (3.3% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 417
5 to 9 minutes: 1652
10 to 14 minutes: 2807
15 to 19 minutes: 2515
20 to 24 minutes: 1838
25 to 29 minutes: 383
30 to 34 minutes: 519
35 to 39 minutes: 74
40 to 44 minutes: 47
45 to 59 minutes: 102
60 to 89 minutes: 162
90 or more minutes: 155

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 8,694 (79%)
Carpooled: 730 (7%)
Bus or trolley bus: 95 (1%)
Taxi: 27 (0%)
Motorcycle: 14 (0%)
Bicycle: 4 (0%)
Walked: 1,083 (10%)
Other means: 24 (0%)
Worked at home: 363 (3%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 580
$10,000 to $14,999: 446
$15,000 to $19,999: 505
$20,000 to $24,999: 412
$25,000 to $29,999: 507
$30,000 to $34,999: 521
$35,000 to $39,999: 416
$40,000 to $44,999: 387
$45,000 to $49,999: 393
$50,000 to $59,999: 781
$60,000 to $74,999: 1073
$75,000 to $99,999: 1064
$100,000 to $124,999: 685
$125,000 to $149,999: 215
$150,000 to $199,999: 279
$200,000 or more: 272

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 3252

Irish: 3234

German: 3167

Italian: 2762

English: 2335

Polish: 1304

United States or American: 1087

Russian: 587

Slovak: 408

French (except Basque): 343

Scottish: 340

Ukrainian: 322

French Canadian: 275

Welsh: 262

Scotch-Irish: 248

Dutch: 242

Czech: 228

Arab:: 221

Greek: 175

Swedish: 169

Czechoslovakian: 153

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 144

European: 141

Lithuanian: 138

Austrian: 137

Lebanese: 118

British: 112

Norwegian: 102

Swiss: 91

Subsaharan African:: 86

Pennsylvania German: 84

Armenian: 77

Jamaican: 76

Eastern European: 63

Canadian: 58

Hungarian: 52

Israeli: 50

Other Arab: 47

Yugoslavian: 39

Romanian: 33

African: 30

Finnish: 30

Portuguese: 27

Belgian: 26

Syrian: 25

Nigerian: 24

Iranian: 24

Croatian: 24

Northern European: 23

Slovene: 23

Haitian: 23

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 22

Ghanian: 21

Danish: 20

Turkish: 15

West Indian: 15

Iraqi: 12

Egyptian: 11

Australian: 9

Bulgarian: 8

British West Indian: 8

Palestinian: 8

Guyanese: 7

Kenyan: 6

Serbian: 6

Estonian: 5

Ugandan: 5

New Zealander: 4

Slavic: 3

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

China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (14%)
India (13%)
Korea (11%)
Germany (5%)
Canada (5%)
Taiwan (4%)
Philippines (4%)

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

This state: 18418
Northeast: 3377
Midwest: 906
South: 775
West: 283

59% of Vestal residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in New York.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 10
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 16
7th and 8th grade: 138
9th grade: 48
10th grade: 75
11th grade: 48
12th grade, no diploma: 118
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,703
Less than 1 year of college: 536
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 731
Associate degree: 588
Bachelor's degree: 1,429
Master's degree: 948
Professional school degree: 384
Doctorate degree: 238

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 17
Nursery to 4th grade: 12
5th and 6th grade: 30
7th and 8th grade: 147
9th grade: 79
10th grade: 137
11th grade: 111
12th grade, no diploma: 144
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,634
Less than 1 year of college: 468
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 834
Associate degree: 765
Bachelor's degree: 1,547
Master's degree: 1,048
Professional school degree: 204
Doctorate degree: 98

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 4.8%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.3%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 4.9%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 33.1%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 16.4%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 12.1%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 51.2%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 38.0%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 18.6%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $63,831
Black householders: $72,979
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $10,154
Asian householders: $86,004
Some other race householders: $78,644
Two or more races householders: $62,762
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $117,692

Vestal household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Vestal household income for Black householders

Vestal household income for Some other race householders

Vestal household income for Two or more races householders

Vestal household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Vestal marital status for males

Vestal marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $116,988
Black or African American householders: $138,618
Asian householders: $197,442
Some other race householders: $72,540
Two or more races householders: $125,297
Hispanic or Latino householders: $117,251

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 6,890
One, attached: 129
Two: 375
3 or 4: 221
5 to 9: 304
10 to 19: 394
20 to 49: 127
50 or more: 145
Mobile homes: 313

Median worth of mobile homes: $21,783

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Vestal:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (79%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%) Electricity (3%) Wood (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (76%) Electricity (12%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%) Other fuel (2%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 311

Here:	12.9%
New York:	14.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 105

Here:	9.0%
New York:	13.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 169

Here:	2.9%
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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