Schenectady is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New York. With a population of 68,809 people and 47 associated neighborhoods, Schenectady is the 13th largest community in New York. Schenectady has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

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: 7.28% 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.

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 citizens of Schenectady are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.60% of adults in Schenectady having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Schenectady in 2018 was $30,778, 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 $123,112 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 12.56% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Schenectady include Italian, Irish, German, Guyanese, and English.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Schenectady's cultural character, accounting for 15.58% of the city’s population.

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