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Population in July 2007: 1,825. Population change since 2000: -5.2%
 

Males: 821  (45.0%)
Females: 1,004  (55.0%)

Median resident age:  40.0 years
New York median age:  35.9 years

Zip codes: 12816.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $38,770 (it was $31,164 in 2000)
Cambridge:  $38,770
New York:  $53,514

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $129,642 (it was $82,900 in 2000)
Cambridge:  $129,642
New York:  $311,000

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $149,807; Detached houses: $161,841; In 2-unit structures: $164,781; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $53,199; Mobile homes: $41,468
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Races in Cambridge:

  • White Non-Hispanic (97.2%)
  • Hispanic (1.5%)
  • Two or more races (0.7%)
  • Black (0.5%)

2008 cost of living index in Cambridge: 87.3 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: Irish (17.6%), English (15.4%), German (12.6%), Italian (9.7%), French (6.2%), United States (5.4%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 496 feet

Land area: 1.67 square miles.

Population density: 1091 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Cambridge

  • High school or higher: 80.1%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.3%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 8.5%
  • Unemployed: 4.5%
  • Mean travel time to work: 25.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Cambridge village

  • Never married: 25.2%
  • Now married: 49.2%
  • Separated: 3.7%
  • Widowed: 10.9%
  • Divorced: 11.1%

81 residents are foreign born (2.4% Europe, 1.7% Latin America).

This village:  4.2%
New York:  20.4%



According to our research there were 2 registered sex offenders living in Cambridge, New York in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Cambridge to the number of sex offenders is 913 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Cambridge:  2.6% ($2,175)
New York:  1.9% ($2,847)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Colonie, NY (29.1 miles , pop. 79,258).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Boston, MA (126.4 miles , pop. 589,141).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Bronx, NY (153.0 miles , pop. 1,332,650).

Nearest cities: White Creek, NY (1.5 miles ), Jackson, NY (2.2 miles ), Greenwich, NY (2.7 miles ), Easton, NY (2.8 miles ), Hoosick, NY (3.0 miles ), Hoosick Falls, NY (3.0 miles ), Greenwich, NY (3.0 miles ), Salem, NY (3.1 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 0 buildings
  • 1997: 5 buildings, average cost: $90,000
  • 1998: 6 buildings, average cost: $90,000
  • 1999: 6 buildings, average cost: $90,000
  • 2000: 6 buildings, average cost: $90,000
  • 2001: 7 buildings, average cost: $90,000
  • 2002: 6 buildings, average cost: $125,000
  • 2003: 6 buildings, average cost: $125,000
  • 2004: 6 buildings, average cost: $125,000
  • 2005: 6 buildings, average cost: $125,000
  • 2006: 6 buildings, average cost: $202,500
  • 2007: 5 buildings, average cost: $202,500

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Latitude: 43.03 N, Longitude: 73.38 W

Area code: 518

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Population change in the 1990s: -186 (-8.8%).

Most common industries for males (%):



  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
  • Construction (9%)
  • Public administration (9%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
  • Health care (7%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
  • Food and beverage stores (6%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Educational services (21%)
  • Health care (13%)
  • Accommodation and food services (13%)
  • Public administration (8%)
  • Social assistance (6%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (13%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (6%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Art and design workers (4%)




 

Crime in Cambridge by Year

Type 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Murders 0000000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Rapes 0100000
    per 100,000 0.051.50.00.00.00.00.0
Robberies 0000100
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.051.80.00.0
Assaults 2311021
    per 100,000 103.7154.452.352.20.0106.454.3
Burglaries 713864126
    per 100,000 362.9669.1418.4313.0207.4638.3325.6
Thefts 39383535373052
    per 100,000 2021.81955.71830.51825.81918.11595.72821.5
Auto thefts 1041511
    per 100,000 51.80.0209.252.2259.253.254.3
Arson 0N/AN/AN/AN/A00
    per 100,000 0.0N/AN/AN/AN/A0.00.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9) 131.2197.1129.7109.5127.5134.0150.8

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Cambridge-area historical tornado activity is above New York state average. It is 25% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/31/1998, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 12.3 miles away from the Cambridge village center injured 68 people and caused $71 million in damages.

On 6/24/1960, a category 3 tornado 19.2 miles away from the village center injured 9 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.


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Birthplace of: Thomas Talbot (Massachusetts).


Hospital/medical center in Cambridge:
  • MARY MCCLELLAN HOSPITAL (1 MYRTLE AVE)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Cambridge:
  • SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER (about 15 miles; BENNINGTON, VT)
  • FOUR WINDS (about 20 miles; SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY)
  • SARATOGA HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY)

Political contributions by individuals in Cambridge, NY

Airports located in Cambridge:
Amtrak station near Cambridge:
  • 20 miles: FORT EDWARD/GLENS FALLS (FORT EDWARD, EAST ST.). Services: public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi service.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Cambridge:
  • SUNY EMPIRE STATE COLLEGE (about 20 miles; SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY; Full-time enrollment: 4,499)
  • SKIDMORE COLLEGE (about 20 miles; SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY; FT enrollment: 2,317)
  • RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE (about 28 miles; TROY, NY; FT enrollment: 7,150)
  • HUDSON VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 28 miles; TROY, NY; FT enrollment: 6,337)
  • WILLIAMS COLLEGE (about 28 miles; WILLIAMSTOWN, MA; FT enrollment: 2,047)
  • SIENA COLLEGE (about 30 miles; LOUDONVILLE, NY; FT enrollment: 3,001)
  • UNION COLLEGE (about 31 miles; SCHENECTADY, NY; FT enrollment: 2,315)
Public high school in Cambridge:
Public elementary/middle school in Cambridge:
Library in Cambridge:
  • CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $44,281; Location: 21 WEST MAIN STREET; 12,302 books; 456 audio materials; 551 video materials; 45 serial subscriptions)

User submitted facts and corrections:
  • The hospital in Cambridge, New york is now closed.
  • The hospital in Cambridge, New york is now closed. added by Bob Wallace

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Cemetery: Woodland Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Creek: Cambridge Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Tourist attraction: Cambridge Historical Society Museum (12 Broad Street).

Hotel: Blue Willow Motel (51 South Park Street).

Court: Cambridge Village Municipal Court (11 Rockside Drive).

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Cambridge and their reported violations in the past:

NEW SKETE KITCHENS (Address: 343 ASH GROVE ROAD, Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - Between JAN-2002 and MAR-2002, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (MAY-30-2002), St No addtl Formal Action needed (MAY-30-2002)
  • 3 routine major monitoring violations
Drinking water stations with addresses in Cambridge that have no violations reported:
  • LAKE LAUDERDALE CAMPGROUND (Population served: 200, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • TINAS VARIETY STORE (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:
This village:  2.4 people
New York:  2.6 people

Percentage of family households:
This village:  63.2%
Whole state:  65.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This village:  4.4%
Whole state:  5.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This village:  12.5%
Whole state:  14.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This village:  3.3%
Whole state:  7.4%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Cambridge, NY


People in group quarters in Cambridge
  • 63 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
  • 39 people in nursing homes
  • 35 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded


Cambridge compared to New York state average:

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  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age above state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.


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Banks with branches in Cambridge (2009 data):
  • Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Company: Cambridge Branch at 25 West Main Street, branch established on 1865-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $1,425.0 mil, Deposits: $1,088.3 mil, headquarters in Glens Falls, NY, positive income, 27 total offices, Holding Company: Arrow Financial Corporation



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2004 Presidential Election results in Washington County New York:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (69%)
  • Electricity (20%)
  • Wood (5%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
  • Utility gas (2%)
  • Other fuel (1%)
  • Coal or coke (1%)


Religon statistics for Cambridge

Adherents


NameCatholic ChurchUnited Methodist ChurchPresbyterian Church (USA)American Baptist Churches in the USAEpiscopal Church
Adherents58.2%17.7%7.4%7.2%3.2%
Congregations12.7%26.8%16.9%14.1%9.9%
NameAssemblies of God The Wesleyan ChurchSeventh-Day Adventist ChurchReformed Church in AmericaOther religions
Adherents1.3%1.1%0.9%0.7%2.3%
Congregations4.2%2.8%1.4%1.4%9.9%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.


Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Financial Administration 1$4,654$55,8482$1,832
Other Government Administration 0$0 9$1,376
Police Protection - Officers 4$14,369$43,10711$5,331
Streets and Highways 3$8,256$33,0244$1,904
Local Libraries 0$0 7$2,845
Other and Unallocable 0$0 7$2,170
Totals for Government 8$27,279$40,91940$15,458



Cambridge government finances in 2002:
  • Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $62,000
  • Charges - All Other: $32,000
  • Construction - Regular Highways: $26,000
    Police Protection: $24,000
    Solid Waste Management: $5,000
    General: $4,000
    Fire Protection: $4,000
  • Current Operations - Regular Highways: $198,000
    Police Protection: $138,000
    General - Other: $101,000
    Fire Protection: $67,000
    Libraries: $45,000
    Financial Administration: $40,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $22,000
    Central Staff Services: $19,000
    Parks & Recreation: $18,000
    Health Services - Other: $4,000
  • Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $229,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $10,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $91,000
    Highways: $9,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $170,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $145,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $24,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $47,000
    Interest Earnings: $8,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $190,000
    Fire Protection: $9,000
    Regular Highways: $4,000
    Police Protection: $1,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $104,000
  • Short Term Debt Outstanding - Beginning: $319,000
    End of Fiscal Year: $32,000
  • State Intergovernmental - All Other: $289,000
    Highways: $25,000
    General Support: $9,000
  • Tax - Property: $461,000
    NEC: $12,000
    Public Utilities: $11,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $320,000

6.70% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($33,290 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.70%
New York average:  5.41%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Warren County, NY  1.96% ($32,276 average AGI)
from Saratoga County, NY  1.48% ($33,947)
from Rensselaer County, NY  0.29% ($33,667)


6.58% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,877 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.58%
New York average:  6.26%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Warren County, NY  2.00% ($26,520 average AGI)
to Saratoga County, NY  1.32% ($30,390)
to Rutland County, VT  0.28% ($28,381)


Strongest AM radio stations in Cambridge:
  • WGY (810 AM; 50 kW; SCHENECTADY, NY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WPTR (1540 AM; 50 kW; ALBANY, NY; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
  • WNNZ (640 AM; 50 kW; WESTFIELD, MA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WABY (1160 AM; 5 kW; MECHANICVILLE, NY; Owner: ANASTOS MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • WCRN (830 AM; 50 kW; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: CARTER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WOFX (980 AM; 5 kW; TROY, NY)
  • WROW (590 AM; 5 kW; ALBANY, NY; Owner: 6 JOHNSON ROAD LICENSES, INC.)
  • WTIC (1080 AM; 50 kW; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WRKO (680 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
  • WBTN (1370 AM; 1 kW; BENNINGTON, VT; Owner: SOUTHERN VERMONT COLLEGE)
  • WVNE (760 AM; daytime; 25 kW; LEICESTER, MA; Owner: BLOUNT MASSCOM, INC.)
  • WEEI (850 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
  • WALE (990 AM; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, RI; Owner: NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Cambridge:
  • WEQX (102.7 FM; MANCHESTER, VT; Owner: NORTHSHIRE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WJAN (95.1 FM; SUNDERLAND, VT; Owner: 6 JOHNSON ROAD LICENSES, INC.)
  • WNGN (91.9 FM; ARGYLE, NY; Owner: NORTHEAST GOSPEL BROADCASTING INC)
  • WZEC (97.5 FM; HOOSICK FALLS, NY; Owner: GREAT NORTHERN RADIO, LLC)
  • WAMC-FM (90.3 FM; ALBANY, NY; Owner: WAMC)
  • WVAY (100.7 FM; WILMINGTON, VT; Owner: GREAT NORTHERN RADIO, L.L.C.)
  • WJJR (98.1 FM; RUTLAND, VT; Owner: 6 JOHNSON ROAD LICENSES, INC.)
  • WZRT (97.1 FM; RUTLAND, VT; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WEBK (105.3 FM; KILLINGTON, VT; Owner: 6 JOHNSON ROAD LICENSES, INC.)
  • WQAR (101.3 FM; STILLWATER, NY; Owner: ANASTOS MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • WKBE (100.3 FM; WARRENSBURG, NY; Owner: 6 JOHNSON ROAD LICENSES, INC.)
  • WGLV (91.7 FM; WOODSTOCK, VT; Owner: CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC)
  • WHDQ-FM1 (106.1 FM; RUTLAND, VT; Owner: GREAT NORTHERN RADIO, L.L.C.)
  • WCKM-FM (99.1 FM; LAKE GEORGE, NY; Owner: ENTERTRONICS, INC.)
  • WNYQ (105.7 FM; QUEENSBURY, NY; Owner: VOX NEW YORK, L.L.C.)
  • WFFG-FM (107.1 FM; CORINTH, NY; Owner: VOX NEW YORK, L.L.C.)
  • WLJH (90.9 FM; GLENS FALLS, NY; Owner: SOUND OF LIFE INC)
  • WCQL (95.9 FM; GLENS FALLS, NY; Owner: ENTERTRONICS, INC.)
  • WBAR-FM (94.7 FM; LAKE LUZERNE, NY; Owner: CAPITAL MEDIA CORPORATION)
  • WVPR (89.5 FM; WINDSOR, VT; Owner: VERMONT PUBLIC RADIO)

TV broadcast stations around Cambridge:
  • WNYA-CA (Channel 39; EASTON, ETC., NY; Owner: VENTURE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, LLC)
  • WNGN-LP (Channel 26; TROY, NY; Owner: BRIAN A. LARSON)

Cambridge, New York:
  • Fatal accident count: 10
  • Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 13
  • Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 4
  • Fatalities: 13
  • Persons involved in fatal accidents: 28
  • Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 1
New York average:
  • Fatal accident count: 69
  • Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 100
  • Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 18
  • Fatalities: 74
  • Persons involved in fatal accidents: 173
  • Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 10
See more detailed statistics of Cambridge fatal accidents for 1975 - 2007 here


National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 1
Total length: 1 meters (3ft)
Total costs: $496,000
Total average daily traffic: 3,041
Total average daily truck traffic: 273
Total future (year 2027) average daily traffic: 3,866

FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 10 (See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers in Cambridge, NY)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 2
  • MT COLFAX, Fire Tower Rd, Overall height: 38.4 m, Call Sign: WMN303
    Assigned Frequencies : 2178.00 MHz
    Grant Date: 03/06/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011, Cancelation Date: 06/22/2007, Certifier: Carol L Tacker
    Registrant: Cingular Wireless LLC, 5601 Legacy Drive Ms A-3, Plano, TX 75024, Phone: (469) 229-7506, Fax: (469) 229-7295, Email:
  • CAMBRIDGE, Lat: 43.026611 Lon: -73.380806, Call Sign: WPQS303
    Assigned Frequencies : 956.281 MHz
    Grant Date: 09/13/2000, Expiration Date: 09/13/2010, Certifier: Christopher P Luning
    Registrant: Philadelphia Suburban Water Company, 762 West Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, Phone: (610) 645-1068, Fax: (610) 645-1061, Email:

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 11 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Cambridge)

FAA Registered Aircrafts: 11 (See the full list of FAA Registered Aircrafts in Cambridge)

2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
  • Fire: 37
  • Hazardous Condition: 46
  • Good Intent Call: 3

Incident types - Cambridge


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