Schenectady County, New York Basics:


Schenectady County New York - Government Site

Population: 155,055
Area: 205 square miles
County seat: Schenectady
Area code(s) in use: 518
Time zone: EST
High school graduate or higher: 90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 28.6%
Median household income: $56,445
Persons in poverty: 12.0%
Home ownership rate: 67.0%
Mean travel time to work: 22.6 minutes


Adjacent counties:
Albany  Montgomery  Saratoga  Schoharie  

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Places in Schenectady County, New York

  Airports     show all on map

Duanesburg Airport, General Electric Research and Development Center Heliport, Mariaville Aerodrome, Mohawk Valley Airport, Schenectady County Airport, Six Ponds Airport, Wells Seaplane Base

  Bridges     show all on map

Freemans Bridge, Western Gateway Bridge

  Buildings     show all on map

Abbe Hall, Achilles Center-Frank L Messa Rink, Adirondack Manor Assisted Living Center, Adirondack Research Library, Alplaus Volunteer Fire Department, Alumni Gymnasium, Armand V and Donald S Feigenbaum Hall, Arts Building, Bailey Hall, Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Begley Building, Beukendaal Volunteer Fire Department, Beuth House, Bigsbee Professional Building, Blue Gate, Blue House, Boys Club Community Center, Broadway Center, Brownell Gate, Butterfield Hall, Carl B Taylor Auditorium, Carman Fire Department, Center For Science And Technology, Central Utilities Plant, Children's Home of Schenectady, Clare Bridge of Niskayuna Assisted Living Center, Class of 1884 Gate, Davidson House, Delanson Volunteer Fire Department, Duanesburg Town Hall, Duanesburg Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Duanesburg Volunteer Fire Department, East Glenville Fire Department, Edwards House, Elston Hall, Empire State Aerosciences Museum, F W Olin Center, Fabian's Proctor Theatre, Fero House, Fox House, Gateway Building, Glendale Nursing Home, Glenville Hill Volunteer Fire Department, Glenville Municipal Center, Golub House, Grant Hall, Green House, Grems-Doolittle Library, Hale House, Hallmark Nursing Home, Hamilton Hill Drop In Art Center, Heritage Home for Women Assisted Living Center, Hickok House, Humanities Building, Ingersoll Memorial Home for Aged Men, John A Howe Memorial Library, John Blair Smith House, Kingsway Arms Nursing Center, Kingsway Manor Assisted Living Center, Knolls Atomic Power Lab Ambulance, Lamont House, McKean House, Memorial Fieldhouse, Mohawk Ambulance Service, Mohawk Club, Morton and Helen Yulman Theater, Mount Carmel House (historical), Mount Pleasant Branch Schenectady County Public Library, Murray and Ruth Reamer Campus Center, Niskayuna Fire Company, Niskayuna Fire District Station 1, Niskayuna Town Hall, Norman B Johnson Library, North Colonnade, Northwoods Rehabilitation and Extended Care Facility at Hilltop, Nott Memorial, Orange House, Pattersonville Fire District 4, Payne Gate, Pine Grove Fire Department, Plotterkill Volunteer Fire Company, Polish National Alliance Community House (historical), Potter House, Princetown Town Hall, Quaker Street Fire District 1, Raymond House, Rectors Volunteer Fire District, Richmond House, Rotterdam Boys Club, Rotterdam Emergency Medical Service, Rotterdam Emergency Medical Services Station 1, Rotterdam Fire District 2, Rotterdam Fire Station Number 1, Rotterdam Fire Training Facility, Rotterdam Junction Fire District 1, Rotterdam Police Department and Justice Court, Rotterdam Town Hall, Rotterdam Youth Center, Saint Josephs Hall, Schaffer Library, Schenectady Boys Club, Schenectady Central Fire Station, Schenectady City Board of Education Offices, Schenectady City Hall, Schenectady Civic Play House, Schenectady County Court House, Schenectady County Jail, Schenectady County Public Library, Schenectady County Public Library Duane Branch, Schenectady County Public Library Glenville Branch, Schenectady County Public Library Hamilton Hill Branch, Schenectady County Public Library Niskayuna Branch, Schenectady County Public Library Quaker Street Branch, Schenectady Curling Club, Schenectady Fire Department Station 2, Schenectady Fire Department Station 3, Schenectady Fire Department Station 4, Schenectady Fire Station Number 10, Schenectady Fire Station Number 6 (historical), Schenectady Fire Station Number 9, Schenectady Girls Club, Schenectady Hose Company Number 8, Schenectady Labor Temple, Schenectady Light Opera Company, Schenectady Municipal Golf Course Club House, Schenectady Museum, Schenectady Museum, Schonowe Volunteer Fire Company, Science and Engineering Center, Scotia Branch Schenectady County Public Library, Scotia Fire Department, Scotia Village Hall, Scotia Village Hall, Shaughnessy Hall, Silliman Hall, Silverhaven Nursing Home, Social Sciences Building, South Schenectady Fire Department, Stanley G Peschel Computer Center, Stanley R Becker Career Center, Steinmetz Hall, Stephen J Potter Testing Laboratory, Stockade Building, Sunnyview Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, Terbush And Powell Building, The Terrace at Glen Eddy Assisted Living Center, Thomas Corners Fire District, Viniar Athletic Center, Webster House, Wells House, West Glenville Volunteer Fire District 6, Wold House, Woodlawn Branch Schenectady County Public Library, Wynwood of Niskayuna Assisted Living Center

  Capes     show all on map

Iroquois Peninsula

  Cemeteries     show all on map

Batter Street Cemetery, Czestochwskiej Cemetery, Dennison Cemetery, Eaton Corners Cemetery, Ferguson Cemetery, First Presbyterian Cemetery, First Reformed Church Cemetery, Fisher Cemetery, Frydendall Cemetery, Glenville Center Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery, Grove Cemetery, Holy Cross Cemetery, Holy Name Cemetery, Howard Cemetery, Jones Cemetery, Mariahville Cemetery, Morey Cemetery, Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery, Park Cemetery, Parkview Cemetery, Princetown Reformed Church Cemetery, Saint Anthony Cemetery, Saint Cyril Cemetery, Saint George's Episcopal Cemetery, Saint John Cemetery, Saint Joseph Cemetery, Saint Josephs Cemetery, Schenectady Memorial Park, Smith Cemetery, Stewart Cemetery, Union Cemetery, Vale Cemetery, Van Eps Cemetery, Van Slyck Cemetery, Vedder Cemetery, Viewland Cemetery, Weatherwax Cemetery, West Glenville Reformed Cemetery, Woestina Cemetery, Wojcjecha Cemetery, Wood Cemetery, Zion Cemetery

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Duane Lake Census Designated Place, Duanesburg Census Designated Place, East Glenville Census Designated Place, Mariaville Lake Census Designated Place, Niskayuna Census Designated Place, Pattersonville-Rotterdam Junction Census Designated Place, Rotterdam Census Designated Place

  Churches     show all on map

Abounding Grace Christian Church, Advent Christian Church, Albany Street Methodist Church, Balltown Wesleyan Church, Becker Street Chapel, Believers Fellowship Center, Bellevue Gospel Church, Bellevue Reformed Church, Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Bethel Church of God in Christ, Broadway Methodist Episcopal Church (historical), Calvary Baptist Church, Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Calvary Tabernacle Church, Carman United Methodist Church, Christ Church of the Hills, Christ Episcopal Church, Church of Christ, Church of God in Christ, Church of Protection of the Holy Virgin, Church of the Immaculate Conception, Church of the Immaculate Conception, Church of the Nazarene, Cobblestone Reformed Church, Congregation Agudat Achim, Delanson United Methodist Church, Duanesburg Churches, Duanesburg Florida Baptist Church, Duryee Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church, East Glenville Church, Eastern Parkway Methodist Church, Emmanuel Baptist Church, Faith United Methodist Church, First Assembly of God Church, First Baptist Church, First Baptist Church of Rotterdam, First Baptist Church of Scotia, First Church of Christ Scientist, First Presbyterian Church, First Reformed Church, First Reformed Church, First Unitarian Society of Schenectady, First United Methodist Church, Fisher Methodist Church, Friedens United Church of Christ, Friendship Baptist Church, Friendship House, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Grace Family Fellowship, Grace Lutheran Church, Grace Methodist Church, Hellenic Orthodox Church of Saint George, Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church, Holy Name of Jesus Roman Catholic Church, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses, Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses, Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses, Korean Church of Albany, Korean Methodist Church of Albany, Lutheran Church of the Messiah, Memorial Chapel, Ministry of Christ Church, Mount Olive Baptist Church, Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, Mount Pleasant Reformed Church, New Apostolic Church, New Hope Gospel Fellowship, New Life Ministries, Niskayuna Reformed Church, Old Chapel, Our Lady of Fatima Church, Our Lady of Fatima Roman Catholic Church, Our Lady of Grace Dominican Retreat House, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Convent (historical), Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church, Our Lady of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church, Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Pilgrim Congregational Church, Pilgrim Holiness Church, Precious Foundation Holiness Church, Princetown Church, Princetown Reformed Church, Quaker Street Bible Church, Reformed Church In America, Refreshing Spring Church of God in Christ, Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Saint Adalbertus Convent (historical), Saint Adalbertus Roman Catholic Church, Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, Saint Anthony's Italian Roman Catholic Church, Saint Gabriel's Roman Catholic Church, Saint George Episcopal Church, Saint Helens Roman Catholic Church, Saint John The Baptist Roman Catholic Church, Saint John The Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Saint Lukes Catholic Church, Saint Lukes Roman Catholic Church, Saint Mary's Catholic Church, Saint Michaels Chapel, Saint Paul The Apostle Roman Catholic Church, Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Saint Peters Chapel, Saint Stephens Episcopal Church, Saint Teresa's Carmelite Monastery, Saint Thomas The Apostle Roman Catholic Church, Schenectady Seventh Day Adventist Church, Scotia United Methodist Church, Second Reformed Church, Shiloh Church, Sonrise Bible Church, Spirit And Truth Christian Church, Stanford Heights Baptist Church, Stanford United Methodist Church, State Street Presbyterian Church, Tabernacle Baptist Church, Temple Gates of Heaven Synagogue, Trinity Baptist Church, Trinity Baptist Church, Trinity Lutheran Church, Trinity Presbyterian Church, Trinity Reformed Church, Union Presbyterian Church, West Glenville Reformed Church, Westminster United Presbyterian Church, Woodlawn Reformed Church, Zion Lutheran Church

  Dams     show all on map

Lock Number 7, Lock Number 8, Lock Number 9

  Hospitals     show all on map

Bellevue Woman's Center, Carver Community Health Center, Eastern New York Hospital and School (historical), Ellis Heath Center, Ellis Hospital, Glenridge Sanatorium

  Islands     show all on map

Dalys Island, Isle of the Cayugas, Isle of the Mohawks, Isle of the Oneidas, Isle of the Onondagas, Isle of the Senecas, Niska Island, Van Slyck Island

  Lakes     show all on map

Collins Lake, Duane Lake, Duanespurg Reservoir, Featherstonhaugh Lake, Iroquois Lake, Mariaville Lake, Mill Pond

  Locales     show all on map

Briar Creek Golf Course, Buhrmaster Family Farm, Canal Square Mall Shopping Center, Charlton Road Orchard, City of Schenectady Sewage Treatment Plant, Crosstown Plaza Shopping Center, Curry Road Plaza Shopping Center, Duane Mansion, Duanesburg Rest Area, Dwyer Farm, Esperance Station, Falling Leaf Farm, Glenville Berry Farm, Glindmyer Evergreen Nurseries, Hellmans Plaza Shopping Center, Iroquois Club, Kings Road Industrial Park, Mohawk Golf Club, Mohawk Golf Course, Mohawk Mall Shopping Center, Niagara-Mohawk Power Corporation Chrisler Avenue Sub-Station, Niagara-Mohawk Power Corporation Emmett Sub-Station, Niagara-Mohawk Power Corporation Weaver Street Sub-Station, Niskayuna Modification and Test Plant, Noch Fiernan Farm, Priddle Camp, Psi Upsilon Flagpole, Riverview Drive-In (historical), Rotterdam Industrial Park, Rotterdam Pumping Station, Rotterdam Rest Area, Rotterdam Square Mall Shopping Center, Saint James Square Shopping Center, Schenectady Business And Technology Center, Schenectady General Depot, Schenectady Pumping Station, Schenectady Stadium, Scotch Ridge Berry Farm, Scotia Railroad Station, Sheridan Plaza Shopping Center, Shoporama Shopping Center, Stadium Golf Club, Stanford Golf Course, Town of Rotterdam Water Pollution Control Plant, Van Antwerp Shopping Center, Village of Scotia Sewage Disposal Plant, Whispering Pines Executive Golf Course, Woodlawn Plaza Shopping Center

  Military     show all on map

Schenectady Armory (historical), Scotia Naval Supply Depot (historical)

  Parks     show all on map

Alexander Field, Carman Park, Central Park, Chester Arthur Courtyard, Collins Park, Everett T Grout Athletic Field, Frank Bailey Athletic Field and Track, Hillhurst Park, Ingersol Memorial for Aged Men, Jackson's Garden, Library Field, Mount Pleasant Athletic Field, Mrs. Perkin's Garden, Pleasant Valley Park, Poutre Park, Riverside Park, Robison Herb Garden, Roger Hull Plaza, Schenectady Park, Stanley and Geraldine Levine Wildflower Garden, Steinmetz Memorial Park, Steinmetz Park, Veterans Park

  Populated Places     show all on map

Alplaus, Aqueduct, Bellevue, Beukendaal, Braman Corners, Carman, Coldbrook, Delanson, Duane, Duane Lake, Duanesburg, East Glenville, Eaton Corners, Gifford, Glenridge, Glenville, Glenville Center, Green Corners, Harding Crossing, Harmon Park, Hawthorne Hill, High Mills, Hillcrest Mobile Home Park, Hoffmans, Hungry Hill, Hutchinson Crossing, Kelleys, Lower Corners, Lower Rotterdam Junction, Mariaville, Mariaville Lake, Mayfair, Mount Pleasant, Niskayuna, Pattersonville, Pine Grove, Princetown, Quaker Street, Ralmar Park, Rectors, Rotterdam, Rotterdam Junction, Rynex Corners, Schenectady, Schonowe, Scotia, South Schenectady, Steinmetz Homes, Stoodley Corners, Van Buren Park Homes, West Hill, Wheeler Estates, Willow Brook Park, Woodruff Heights, Wyatts

  Post Offices     show all on map

Delanson Post Office, Duanesburg Post Office, Glenville Post Office, Heritage Post Office, Niskayuna Post Office, Pattersonville Post Office, Rotterdam Junction Post Office, Schenectady Post Office, Scotia Post Office

  Reservoirs     show all on map

Delanson Reservoir

  Schools     show all on map

Alplaus School (historical), Beth Israel Education Center, Birchwood Elementary School, Brandywine Avenue School (historical), Brown School, Central Park Middle School, Craig School, Depot School (historical), Draper Middle School, Duanesburg Elementary School, Duanesburg Middle School-High School, Educational Opportunity Center, Ellers School (historical), Elmer Avenue Elementary School, Euclid Avenue School (historical), Franklin School (historical), Fulton School (historical), Glen Worden Elementary School, Glendaal School, Grout Park School, Halsey School (historical), Hamilton Elementary School, Herman L Bradt Elementary School, Hillside Elementary School, Hoffman's School (historical), Horace Mann School (historical), Howe Magnet Elementary School, International Charter School of Schenectady, Iroquois Middle School, Jefferson Elementary School, Jefferson School (historical), Jessie T Zoller Elementary School, John Bigsbee School (historical), Lincoln Elementary School, Lincoln School, Lincoln School (historical), Mariaville Elementary School, Martin Luther King Magnet Elementary School, Mohawk Public School (historical), Mohonasen Senior High School, Mont Pleasant Middle School, Niagara-Mohawk Power Corporation Seneca Street Training Center, Niskayuna High School, Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons High School, Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons School, Nott Terrace High School, Oak Hill School, Old Carman School (historical), Oneida Middle School, Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, Paige Elementary School, Pashley Elementary School, Pinewood Elementary School, Pleasant Valley Elementary School, Richard H O'Rourke Middle School, Riverside School (historical), Rosendale School, Sacandaga Elementary School, Saint Adalbertus Academy, Saint Anthony's School, Saint Columbus School (historical), Saint George Church School, Saint Helens School, Saint John The Baptist Parochial School, Saint John The Evangelist School, Saint Lukes School, Saint Mary's Parochial School (historical), Saint Paul The Apostle Parochial School, Schalmont High School, Schalmont Middle School, Schenectady Christian School, Schenectady County Community College, Schenectady High School, Schonowe Public School, School Number 19 (historical), School Number 2 (historical), School Number 3 (historical), School Number 4 (historical), School Number 8 (historical), School of the Immaculate Conception, Scotia Junior High School (historical), Scotia-Glenville High School, Scotia-Glenville Middle School, Steinmetz Junior High School, Steinmetz Junior High School Annex, Union College, Van Antwerp Middle School, Van Corlaer Elementary School, Washington Irving Educational Center, Woestina Elementary School, Woodlawn Middle School, Woodlawn School (historical), Yates Magnet Elementary School

  Streams     show all on map

Alplaus Kill, Bonny Brook, Bowman Creek, Chaughtanoonda Creek, College Creek, Collins Creek, Crabb Kill, Fallentree Kill, Indian Kill, Lisha Kill, Moccasin Kill, Plotter Kill, Poentic Kill, Sandsea Kill, Verf Kill, Washout Creek

  Summits     show all on map

Glenville Hill, Glenville Hill, Oak Hill

  Towers     show all on map

WGY-AM (Schenectady), WRUC-FM (Schenectady), WTRY Radio Tower (Ticonderoga), WTRY-AM (Troy), WVKZ-AM (Schenectady)

  Valleys     show all on map

Pleasant Valley, Rabbit Hollow, Wolf Hollow,

Schenectady County, New York Population By Race (2012 estimate)

RacePopulation
WhiteSchenectady County White population 125,439125,439  
BlackSchenectady County Black population 16,74616,745
AsianSchenectady County Asian population 6,5126,512
MixedSchenectady County Mixed population 5,1175,116
American IndianSchenectady County American Indian population 930930
Hawaiian & Pacific IslanderSchenectady County Hawaiian & Pacific Islander population 310310

Additional population tables :
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