Zip Code 12561 - New Paltz, NY

  Neighborhood DetailsUSACounty12561
  Residents per sq. mi.93.4426.8310.6
  Change 2000-current year15.7%6.0%6.0%
  Change 1990-current year30.9%12.1%19.5%
  Male percent49.5%48.8%47.1%
  Female percent50.5%51.2%52.9%
  Median Age38.439.234.0
  Households116,211,0007,255,5306,109
  Average household size2.632.622.47
  Current Population329,725,48120,114,74518,482
  Population - 2000285,036,11418,976,45717,435
  Population - 1990251,960,43317,945,40915,461

  Marriage - Zip Code 12561

  Family Type - Zip Code 12561
  Neighborhood DetailsUSACounty12561
  Unemployment rate6.00%8.50%6.20%
  Recent job growth-6.18%-8.56%-6.01%
  Sales tax7.300%8.496%8.000%
  Income tax4.60%6.45%6.45%
  Property tax$11.78$16.77$26.65
  Income - median household$69,021$75,157$80,558
  Income - average per cap$37,638$43,208$38,797
  Cost of living (100=avg)100.0120.5113.3
  Commute time (min)26.433.029.2
  Health cost index100.00100.78103.15

  Income by Population Percent

  Population by Age
  Neighborhood DetailsUSACounty12561
  Homes - owned56.3%47.9%54.3%
  Homes - rented31.2%41.1%33.9%
  Homes - vacant12.5%11.0%11.9%
  Median Home Value$338,100$413,600$451,000
  Home apprec (12 mon.)8.3%8.6%10.4%
  Home median age (yrs)406142
  Average Rent - 2br$1,430$1,960$1,730

  Owner-Occupied Housing By Value
  Neighborhood DetailsUSACounty12561
  School expenditures per pupil$12,383$23,054$22,686
  School pupil/teacher ratio16.813.913.2
  Students per librarian538.1516.1374.3
  Students per counselor403.2367.6449.2
  Physicians per 100K pop.209.8263.5168.8
  Crime risk - personal22.721.123.5
  Crime risk - property35.424.529.4
  Voting - Democrat0.48%0.59%0.52%
  Voting - Republican0.46%0.37%0.41%
  Voting - Independent0.06%0.04%0.06%

  Educational Attainment

  Occupations

  Neighborhood DetailsUSACounty12561
  Sunny days per year205165200
  Air Quality Index58.44775.6
  Watershed quality index556452
  Superfund site index86.99.978
  Comfort index7.899
  UV Index4.33.33.6
  Elevation (feet)2,443940259
  January low temp (deg.)21.715.813.0
  July high temp (deg.)85.881.284.0
  Annual rainfall (inches)38.143.547.0
  Annual snowfall (inches)27.862.242.2
  Annual Days with precip106139125

  Average Commute (minutes)

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  Housing by Year Built