Little Falls (Town, New York)
Herkimer County
36-42752
Little Falls is a town in Herkimer County, New York in the United States. In 2010 the town had 1587 inhabitants. Little Falls was named after the local waterfalls.
The Town of Little Falls is east of Utica, and at its eastern end, the City of the same name.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Town of Little Falls has a total area of 58.5 km ², of which 58.0 km ² on hilly land and 0.5 km ² omitted ( = 0.75 %) to water.
The area of the town extends on both sides of the Mohawk River.
New York State Route 169 and New York State Route 170, both of which run in a north-south direction, meeting within the City of Little Falls. New York State Route 5 runs in an east -west direction and follows the Mohawk River.
Demography
At the time of the census of 2000, there were 1544 Little Falls people. The population density was 26.6 people per km ². There were 637 housing units at an average 11.0 per km ². The population consisted of Little Fallss 98.51 % White, 0.26 % African American, 0.06 % Native American, 0.71% Asian, 0 % Pacific Islander, 0.06 % reported from other races and 0.39 % from two or more races. 0.26 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The residents of Little Falls were distributed to 580 households out of which 35.9 % were living in children under 18 years. 65.0 % married couples living together, 7.8 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.6 % were non-families. 17.8% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 8.8 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size is 2.98.
The population was spread out with 25.7 % under the, 6.7 % 18 -24- year-old, 29.7 % 25 -44- year-old, 24.2% 45-64 year olds and 13.7 % under the age of 65 years or more. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 101.8 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 103.0 males.
The median household income in Little Falls was 38.875 U.S. dollars and the median family income reached the level of 43 393 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 30 952 U.S. dollars, compared to 21 065 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 20 383 U.S. dollars. 10.7 % of the population and 7.8 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 13.3 % of minors and 6.5 % of those age 65 or over.
Rail transport
By Little Falls section of Schenectady Syracuse the main line of the New York Central Railroad runs from New York to Buffalo to Chicago. This route is now operated by CSX Transportation. The passenger transport company Amtrak route rights. 2012, the route was traveled by the trains Lake Shore Limited, Empire Service and Maple Leaf.
On the opposite bank of the Mohawk River was located the route of the West Shore Railroad, a subsidiary of the later New York Central. Through its successor Penn Central Company this redundant line was closed.
Sons and daughters of the city
- George Wiley (1885-1954), cyclist