Housing density: 372 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $304,174.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,495 (lower quartile is $1,236, upper quartile is $1,846)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,664
Median gross rent in Wappinger, NY in 2022: $1,691
Housing units in Wappinger with a mortgage: 4,125 (380 second mortgage, 736 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 1,409
In family households: 233,367 (50,686 male householders, 22,209 female householders)
56,050 spouses, 84,341 children (79,509 natural, 1,840 adopted, 2,992 stepchildren), 4,231 grandchildren, 2,222 brothers or sisters, 2,827 parents, foster children, 2,945 other relatives, 5,949 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 44,156 (16,442 male householders (12,459 living alone)), 18,628 female householders (15,636 living alone)), 9,086 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 19,965 (8,812 institutionalized population)
50,827 married couples with children.
13,342 single-parent households (2,993 men, 10,349 women).
84.7% of residents of Wappinger speak English at home.
5.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
6.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (84% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 4,170 (14.9%)
(67.6% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Wappinger, New York
4931995 to March 2000
5651990 to 1994
2511985 to 1989
2301980 to 1984
1581975 to 1979
2221970 to 1974
1441965 to 1969
671Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
Italian: 7,488 (22.8%)
Irish: 6,457 (19.7%)
Other: 5,759 (17.6%)
German: 4,345 (13.2%)
English: 2,043 (6.2%)
Polish: 1,314 (4.0%)
United States: 651 (2.0%)
French: 625 (1.9%)
Dutch: 473 (1.4%)
Scottish: 437 (1.3%)
Greek: 309 (0.9%)
Russian: 296 (0.9%)
French Canadian: 254 (0.8%)
Scotch-Irish: 244 (0.7%)
Arab: 243 (0.7%)
Hungarian: 243 (0.7%)
Ukrainian: 226 (0.7%)
Czech: 213 (0.6%)
West Indian: 197 (0.6%)
Swedish: 181 (0.6%)
Norwegian: 180 (0.5%)
Portuguese: 134 (0.4%)
Welsh: 126 (0.4%)
Slovak: 89 (0.3%)
Danish: 88 (0.3%)
Lithuanian: 84 (0.3%)
Subsaharan African: 80 (0.2%)
Swiss: 34 (0.1%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
India
Wappinger:
9.9% (270)
New York:
3.0% (117,238)
Germany
Wappinger:
7.9% (217)
New York:
1.8% (69,327)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Wappinger:
7.2% (198)
New York:
6.0% (233,766)
Italy
Wappinger:
6.5% (178)
New York:
3.8% (147,729)
Vietnam
Wappinger:
5.7% (155)
New York:
0.6% (25,141)
Mexico
Wappinger:
5.5% (150)
New York:
4.2% (161,189)
Ecuador
Wappinger:
4.6% (126)
New York:
3.6% (139,226)
Ireland
Wappinger:
3.3% (91)
New York:
1.1% (41,934)
Hungary
Wappinger:
3.1% (84)
New York:
0.4% (17,401)
United Kingdom
Wappinger:
2.9% (80)
New York:
1.6% (62,237)
Poland
Wappinger:
2.7% (75)
New York:
2.4% (93,187)
Canada
Wappinger:
2.5% (69)
New York:
1.4% (54,876)
Yugoslavia
Wappinger:
2.3% (64)
New York:
0.7% (25,688)
Jamaica
Wappinger:
2.2% (61)
New York:
5.9% (226,470)
Korea
Wappinger:
2.2% (61)
New York:
2.5% (97,933)
Egypt
Wappinger:
2.0% (56)
New York:
0.5% (19,907)
Greece
Wappinger:
1.8% (50)
New York:
1.1% (42,335)
Dominican Republic
Wappinger:
1.8% (49)
New York:
10.5% (408,086)
Cuba
Wappinger:
1.6% (44)
New York:
0.9% (36,642)
Hong Kong
Wappinger:
1.6% (44)
New York:
1.0% (37,496)
Other Caribbean
Wappinger:
1.6% (43)
New York:
2.0% (78,538)
Austria
Wappinger:
1.5% (42)
New York:
0.3% (11,299)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 19,559
Other state: 3,574
Northeast: 1,945
Midwest: 488
South: 858
West: 283
65% of Wappinger residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in New York.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 35
Nursery to 4th grade: 14
5th and 6th grade: 79
7th and 8th grade: 117
9th grade: 101
10th grade: 157
11th grade: 151
12th grade, no diploma: 265
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,502
Less than 1 year of college: 490
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,149
Associate degree: 713
Bachelor's degree: 1,818
Master's degree: 699
Professional school degree: 132
Doctorate degree: 180
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 55
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 105
7th and 8th grade: 188
9th grade: 133
10th grade: 179
11th grade: 112
12th grade, no diploma: 312
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,949
Less than 1 year of college: 520
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,112
Associate degree: 1,088
Bachelor's degree: 1,459
Master's degree: 749
Professional school degree: 165
Doctorate degree: 18
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 5,808
One, attached: 614
Two: 381
3 or 4: 775
5 to 9: 838
10 to 19: 879
20 to 49: 304
50 or more: 313
Mobile homes: 245
Median worth of mobile homes: $124,081
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0.6%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0.2%