Schenectady is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New York. With a population of 69,495 people and 47 associated neighborhoods, Schenectady is the 13th largest community in New York. Schenectady has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.

Also of interest is that Schenectady has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.87% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One thing noticeable about Schenectady, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Schenectady is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Schenectady a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

A lot of people in Schenectady take the bus for their daily commute. For the size of the city, the number of people who use public transportation is quite high. For many people in Schenectady, this fills their need for low-cost transportation.

The overall education level of Schenectady is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.42% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Schenectady in 2022 was $34,175, which is lower middle income relative to New York, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $136,700 for a family of four. However, Schenectady contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Schenectady is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Schenectady home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Schenectady residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Schenectady also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.70% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Schenectady include Italian, Irish, German, Guyanese, and English.

The most common language spoken in Schenectady is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Urdu.