Columbia County, New York
Columbia County, New York · ZIP 12017, 12024, 12029
- Census data · ACS 2019-2023
- 60,299 (2024 estimate)Population
- 26,098Households
- $83,619Median household income
- $309,800Median home value
- 33Towns with a page
- 37ZIP codes
Columbia County in numbersOfficial sources, refreshed yearly
| Census | Population |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 63,094 |
| 2010 | 63,096 |
| 2020 | 61,570 |
As counted at each census, within the boundaries the area had then; the current estimate is in the glance card.
Sources: Census 2000 Summary File 1: total population, county level, state 36, retrieved November 14, 2026; Census 2010 Summary File 1: total population, county level, state 36, retrieved November 14, 2026; Census 2020 Redistricting Data (P.L. 94-171): total population, county level, state 36, retrieved November 14, 2026.
Median household income $83,619 · Share of households by income, American Community Survey 5-year 2019-2023, table S1901.
Source: American Community Survey 5-year subject table S1901 (household income) 2019–2023, county level, state 36, retrieved November 14, 2026.
- Owner occupied
- 19,668 units
- Renter occupied
- 6,430 units
- Vacancy rate
- 21.7%
Occupied housing units by tenure and the share of all units vacant, American Community Survey 5-year 2019-2023, table DP04.
Source: American Community Survey 5-year data profile 2019–2023, county level, state 36, retrieved November 14, 2026.
16,420 employees in 1,819 establishments with payroll in 2023, all sectors; employers themselves are not named in the source. County Business Patterns counts are published with noise.
Source: County Business Patterns 2023: employment by sector, county level, state 36, retrieved November 14, 2026.
| Measure | Columbia County | New York |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 61,245 | 19,872,319 |
| Median household income | $83,619 | $84,578 |
| Median age | 49.5 | 39.6 |
| Median home value | $309,800 | $403,000 |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 38.1% | 39.6% |
| Foreign-born residents | 6.8% | 22.6% |
| Owner-occupied homes | 75.4% | 54.3% |
| Mean commute to work | 26.4 minutes | 32.8 minutes |
Source: American Community Survey 5-year data profile 2019–2023, county level, state 36, retrieved November 14, 2026.
Townships, towns and villages in Columbia County33 with a page · sort by any column
| Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinderhook Town | Town | 8,120 | 31.8 sq mi |
| Claverack Town | Town | 5,994 | 47.6 sq mi |
| Hudson | City | 5,735 | 2.16 sq mi |
| Ghent Town | Town | 5,212 | 45.1 sq mi |
| Greenport Town | Town | 4,350 | 18.6 sq mi |
| Chatham Town | Town | 4,016 | 53.2 sq mi |
| Livingston Town | Town | 3,612 | 38.2 sq mi |
| Copake Town | Town | 3,244 | 40.8 sq mi |
| Stockport Town | Town | 2,586 | 11.6 sq mi |
| New Lebanon Town | Town | 2,479 | 35.8 sq mi |
| Clermont Town | Town | 1,992 | 18.0 sq mi |
| Lorenz Park | Census designated place | 1,947 | 1.78 sq mi |
| Germantown Town | Town | 1,901 | 12.1 sq mi |
| Stuyvesant Town | Town | 1,879 | 25.0 sq mi |
| Hillsdale Town | Town | 1,808 | 47.7 sq mi |
| Valatie | Village | 1,709 | 1.25 sq mi |
| Gallatin Town | Town | 1,607 | 39.1 sq mi |
| Austerlitz Town | Town | 1,569 | 48.7 sq mi |
| Chatham | Village | 1,547 | 1.24 sq mi |
| Canaan Town | Town | 1,537 | 36.7 sq mi |
| Philmont | Village | 1,483 | 1.22 sq mi |
| Ancram Town | Town | 1,416 | 42.5 sq mi |
| Niverville | Census designated place | 1,248 | 2.87 sq mi |
| Stottville | Census designated place | 1,247 | 4.88 sq mi |
| Taghkanic Town | Town | 1,242 | 40.0 sq mi |
| Kinderhook | Village | 1,148 | 2.10 sq mi |
| Germantown | Census designated place | 1,107 | 3.64 sq mi |
| Claverack-Red Mills | Census designated place | 1,033 | 3.01 sq mi |
| Copake Lake | Census designated place | 860 | 9.50 sq mi |
| Taconic Shores | Census designated place | 629 | 0.83 sq mi |
| Ghent | Census designated place | 478 | 1.62 sq mi |
| Copake | Census designated place | 178 | 1.23 sq mi |
| Copake Falls | Census designated place | 6 | 0.22 sq mi |
Populations: Census Population Estimates, Vintage 2024: subcounty totals, state 36 (2024). Land areas: Census Gazetteer 2025: counties. A dash means the figure is not in the cited file.
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Neighboring counties
Neighboring counties
- Albany CountyPopulation 319,964 (2024 estimate)
- Berkshire CountyPopulation 128,726 (2024 estimate)
- Dutchess CountyPopulation 299,963 (2024 estimate)
- Greene CountyPopulation 46,903 (2024 estimate)
- Rensselaer CountyPopulation 160,749 (2024 estimate)
- Ulster CountyPopulation 182,977 (2024 estimate)
Sources: Census county adjacency file 2024, retrieved November 14, 2026; Census Population Estimates, Vintage 2024: subcounty totals, state 36, retrieved November 14, 2026; Census Population Estimates, Vintage 2024: subcounty totals, state 25, retrieved November 14, 2026.