The population of Schenectady county is estimated at 154,972. In 2017 there were 1,782 births and 1,463 deaths in Schenectady county. Schenectady county has 28,001 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 12,729 that are owned free and clear and 22,156 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Schenectady County filed 76,610 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.8% of all New York filings and 0.051% of the entire nation. Schenectady had a combined total federal tax liability of $706,961,000 on earned income of $4,697,439,000. Other notable statistics from Schenectady County were 1,990 unemployment claims which collected a total of $9,705,000 and 20,810 charitable contributions valued at $71,943,000. 24,050 filings from Schenectady County paid a combined total of $163,933,000 in property taxes and 19,650 filings paid $108,197,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Schenectady county had 122 religious congregations with an estimated 72,846 members.
30.8% of the Schenectady population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 9.8% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 40% of Schenectady County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 2,015 votes.
At $61,841 the median income is 95.5% of the New York average. An estimated 3,467 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Schenectady, the equivalant of around 4.5% of the county population. This represents an increase in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.3%.

Top 15 Industries in Schenectady County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
11,854	Health care and social assistance
7,256	Retail trade
4,490	Manufacturing
3,846	Accommodation and food services
3,772	Professional, scientific, and technical services
3,714	Food services and drinking places
3,176	Restaurants and other eating places
2,880	Finance and insurance
2,590	Ambulatory health care services
2,216	Food and beverage stores
2,096	Grocery stores
2,056	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
2,000	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
1,781	Transportation and warehousing
1,779	Administrative and support services

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.46% in Schenectady County (averaging across 6 zip codes a sample of which are; 12302, 12306, 12304, 12308 and 12303).

In 2018 16.37% of listings in Schenectady County (averaging across 6 zip codes a sample of which are; 12302, 12306, 12304, 12309 and 12303) dropped their price.

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