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Watervliet is a medium-sized city located in the state of New York. With a population of 10,170 people and five associated neighborhoods, Watervliet is the 179th largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Watervliet was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Also of interest is that Watervliet 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: 9.58% 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.

For a small city, Watervliet has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Watervliet exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.

In terms of college education, Watervliet is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.83% of adults 25 and older in Watervliet have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Watervliet in 2022 was $34,267, 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 $137,068 for a family of four. However, Watervliet contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Watervliet is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Watervliet home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Watervliet residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Watervliet include Irish, Italian, German, English, and French.

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