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Wappingers Falls, NY

5,761 Population
1.1 square miles 5,139.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.8 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,569 ±$3,827 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: $47,550 ±$798
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,040 ±$29,226 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: $98,233 ±$1,810
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.8% ±2.3% (217  ±133) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 10.9% 74,184 (±0.6% / ±3,995)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.7 minutes ±2.1 (55,725  ±13,354) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 32.8 9,310,545 (±0.6 / ±201,749)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,531 ±335 Number of households
  • the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 254,883 ±1,124
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.3 (5,634  ±291) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 2.6 673,704 (±0 / ±338)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.2% ±2.7% (43  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 6.3% 10,015 (±0.5% / ±797)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,627 ±365 Number of housing units
  • the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 272,868 ±164
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$337,200 ±$69,613 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: $393,600 ±$3,901
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.7% ±6.3% (837  ±362) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 9.4% 65,407 (±0.5% / ±3,129.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

79.9% ±9.8% (3,418  ±546.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 90.8% 429,996 (±1% / ±4,881.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.3% ±5.9% (995  ±273.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 36.6% 173,511 (±0.6% / ±2,971.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

18.5% ±7% (1,068  ±408) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 12.9% 90,554
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.2% ±2.7% (250  ±131) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area: 5% 27,236 (±0.2% / ±1,283)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
250 Total veterans ±131 250 Male ±131 N/A Female ±19

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