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Palm Tree town, Orange County, NY

36,572 Population
1.5 square miles 25,019.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

15.1 ±0.6 Median age
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Orange County: 36.9 ±0.2
  • about two-fifths of the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$12,973 ±$1,355 Per capita income
  • about one-third of the amount in Orange County: $42,019 ±$901
  • about one-quarter of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$43,171 ±$6,061 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Orange County: $96,497 ±$2,376
  • about half the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

40.2% ±4.8% (14,539  ±1,735) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Orange County: 13% 51,238 (±1% / ±3,880)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

21.5 minutes ±2.8 (152,385  ±23,229) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Orange County: 34.2 5,551,785 (±0.7 / ±146,574)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

6,869 ±314 Number of households
  • Orange County: 137,311 ±913
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
5.3 ±0.2 (36,059  ±28) Persons per household
  • nearly double the figure in Orange County: 2.9 392,564 (±0 / ±269)
  • more than double the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

24% ±4.2% (1,879  ±341) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Orange County: 6.9% † 6,358 (±0.7% / ±645)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

7,383 ±316 Number of housing units
  • Orange County: 148,460 ±168
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$685,800 ±$42,073 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Orange County: $361,100 ±$4,171
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

5.7% ±2.5% (2,015  ±888) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Orange County: 8.7% 34,634 (±0.7% / ±2,637.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

74.1% ±5.5% (7,785  ±653.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Orange County: 89.7% 231,932 (±1.4% / ±3,681.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
6.1% ±2.4% (641  ±249.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Orange County: 32.2% 83,389 (±0.8% / ±2,151)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.5% ±1.5% (2,023  ±561) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Orange County: 13% 52,456
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

0.4% ±0.3% (66  ±50) Population with veteran status
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Orange County: 5.6% 16,695 (±0.3% / ±967)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
66 Total veterans ±50 52 Male ±45 14 Female ±22

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