Village · Dutchess County, New York

Red Hook, New York

Red Hook is a village in Dutchess County, New York, part of the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area. It has 2,275 residents. Red Hook, New York has a quality-of-life score of 81 out of 100 (very high), ranking #3,005 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New York it ranks #379 of 859 cities and towns. It ranks best on poor or fair health (low), public EV charging ports (high) and adult obesity (low). It ranks worst on time spent in the emergency room (high), rent-burdened households (high) and effective property tax rate (high).

81Very high

Quality-of-life score: #3,005 of 15,651 cities and towns
New York: #379 of 859 in NY
Population: 2,275 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 2,157.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 3660895

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety91#1,428/15,637
Economy76#3,824/15,631
Housing5#14,211/14,977
Health90#1,545/15,609
Healthcare82#2,891/15,650
Environment67#5,121/15,453
Education80#3,171/15,649
Infrastructure58#6,544/15,650
Community52#7,440/15,651
Leisure & amenities84#2,426/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Red Hook, New York ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Dutchess County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Poor or fair health · low11.4%
94/100New York 16.8%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Public EV charging ports · high17.3 /10k
93/100New York 10.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyDutchess County value
Adult obesity · low25.6%
92/100New York 32.9%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100New York 4.8United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationDutchess County value
Frequent mental distress · low14.8%
90/100New York 17.8%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100New York 5.7United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationDutchess County value

Weaknesses

Time spent in the emergency room · high250 min
2/100New York 202 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDutchess County value
Rent-burdened households · high78.5%
10/100New York 52.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Effective property tax rate · high1.85%
10/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Rent as share of income · high38.1%
11/100New York 31.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.461
12/100New York 0.517United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Comfortable days · low23.4%
12/100New York 22.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationDutchess County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,899 (2015-2019) → 2,275 (2020-2024)
+20%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
54.9% (2015-2019) → 78.5% (2020-2024)
+24 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$65,850 (2015-2019) → $107,411 (2020-2024)
+63%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Poverty rateImproving
17.8% (2015-2019) → 7.9% (2020-2024)
−9.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
7.9% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−7.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Public transit commutersWorsening
6.9% (2015-2019) → 0.3% (2020-2024)
−6.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B08301US 5.0% → 3.2%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Red Hook, New York improved on 2 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Poverty−9.9 points17.8% → 7.9%
Household income+63%$65,850 → $107,411

Declined1

Rent burden+24 points54.9% → 78.5%

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Red Hook, New York between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.8 min2015-2019	19.9 min2020-2024	−4.8 min	Within the margin of error	89%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.6%2015-2019	57.1%2020-2024	+6.5 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Broadband subscriptions	89.8%2015-2019	91.6%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Effective property tax rate	2.34%2015-2019	1.85%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	90%
High school diploma or higher	90.2%2015-2019	93.1%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Home price to income ratio	4.2×2015-2019	3.5×2020-2024	−0.7×	Within the margin of error	96%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5402015-2019	0.4612020-2024	−0.079	Within the margin of error	92%
Median household income	$65,8502015-2019	$107,4112020-2024	+63%	Improved	92%
Poverty rate	17.8%2015-2019	7.9%2020-2024	−9.9 points	Improved	93%
Rent as share of income	33.7%2015-2019	38.1%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Rent-burdened households	54.9%2015-2019	78.5%2020-2024	+24 points	Declined	6%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Red Hook, New York five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Red Hook, New York in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Red Hook, New York itself moved +5 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,275 residents (±336)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,069 households (±205)

Red Hook, New York
New York share

Under $25k12%†133
$25k–50k20%†219
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,069 households (±205)

Red Hook, New York
New York share

Own66%708
Rent34%361

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Rent (−14.4 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,154 workers (±211)

Red Hook, New York
New York share

Drive alone67%776
Carpool7.0%†81
Public transit0.3%†4

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Dutchess County, the county holding most of Red Hook's residents.

Dutchess County has 7,677 employer establishments, 258 for every 10,000 residents (1.04× the US rate of 248; 0.94× New York's), with 93,728 paid employees at an average annual pay of $58,132. The Census Bureau also counts 26,465 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 7,677; 26,465 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 258; US 248 · New York 274
Paid employees: 93,728
Average annual pay: $58,132; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Dutchess County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	691	23.2	1.26×More than typical	8,754	$25,337	111
Specialty trade contractors	597	20.1	1.30×More than typical	2,781	$64,729	1,649
Ambulatory health care services	557	18.7	0.90×About typical	7,202	$74,823	1,513
Construction of buildings	368	12.4	1.64×More than typical	1,355	$64,852	685
Services to buildings and dwellings	328	11	1.64×More than typical	2,068	$42,107	1,122
Full-service restaurants	326	11	1.43×More than typical	4,596	$29,141	47
Lessors of real estate	300	10.1	0.82×About typical	1,162	$58,117	3,192
Limited-service restaurants	270	9.1	1.13×About typical	3,201	$20,132	41
Building equipment contractors	261	8.8	1.46×More than typical	1,186	$63,304	341
Landscaping services	232	7.8	2.23×More than typical	814	$53,652	457
Personal care services	200	6.7	1.41×More than typical	844	$23,992	823
Offices of other health practitioners	181	6.1	1.00×About typical	974	$47,472	892

Rank places for an industry Open Dutchess County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 297,451 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $426 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Red Hook, New York: $0.19 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $426
Per resident: $0.19; US $1,994
Sole-source: 100%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of State$426100%

Top recipients

NOREEN SEABROOK MARKETING, INC.$426100%

Spending by fiscal year

5.2KFY2017
1.2KFY2018
2.3KFY2019
841.6FY2020
3.2KFY2021
2.3KFY2022
1.5KFY2024
426.3FY2026

Top industries (NAICS)

Textile furnishings mills · 3141$426100%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Red Hook, New York, so they do not add up across cities.

Red Hook, New York's figures are part of those of Dutchess County, NY ($65.8M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Red Hook is mostly in Dutchess County.

See federal money in Dutchess County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Red Hook, New York is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Dutchess County88100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY81

Other cities and towns in Dutchess County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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