Kensington, New York

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Back to Kensington, NY housing info, Nassau County, New York, NY smaller cities, NY small cities, All Cities. We are giving away $1000 in prizes - enter simply by sending us your own city pictures! General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map Please wait while loading the map... Current weather forecast for Kensington, NY Nassau County Population in July 2008: 1,204. Population change since 2000: -0.4%   Males: 572   (47.6%) Females: 632   (52.4%) Median resident age:   44.8 years New York median age:   35.9 years Zip codes: 11021. Estimated median household income in 2008: $153,335 (it was $115,916 in 2000) Kensington:   $153,335 New York:   $56,033 Estimated per capita income in 2008: $76,013 Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $1,344,690 (it was $640,100 in 2000) Kensington:   $1,344,690 New York:   $318,900 Mean prices in 2008: All housing units: $1,336,492; Detached houses: $1,496,121; Townhouses or other attached units: $1,194,058; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $773,883 Kensington, NY residents, houses, and apartments details Put your B&M business profile right here for free. 20,000 businesses already created their profiles! Business Search - 14 Million verified businesses Search for: near:   Races in Kensington: White Non-Hispanic (89.2%) Hispanic (4.0%) Chinese (2.3%) Other race (1.3%) Two or more races (1.2%) Asian Indian (0.9%) Black (0.7%) Korean (0.7%) Dec. 2009 cost of living index in Kensington: 180.9 (very high, U.S. average is 100) Recent posts about Kensington, New York on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users. Kensington is mentioned 352 times on our forum: Kensington Rental Market  (0 replies) Kensington area of Brooklyn or Parkside area of Queens  (4 replies) Midwood, Mill Basin, Windsor Terrace, Marine Park, Kensington, Seagate, Bergen Beach...  (5 replies) What is Kensington Brooklyn like?  (10 replies) New York vs. Philadelphia  (214 replies) Memories from Buffalo....  (69 replies) Latest news from Kensington, NY collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations Ancestries: Russian (17.0%), Polish (13.2%), United States (8.8%), German (3.9%), Italian (3.7%), Hungarian (2.8%). Current Local Time: EST time zone Land area: 0.25 square miles. Population density: 4732 people per square mile   (average).

Latitude: 40.79 N, Longitude: 73.72 W

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Average climate in Kensington, New York

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Kensington-area historical tornado activity is above New York state average. It is 26% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 9/7/1998, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 10.1 miles away from the Kensington village center injured 6 people and caused $1 million in damages.

On 7/10/1989, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 55.6 miles away from the village center injured 40 people and caused between $50,000,000 and $500,000,000 in damages.

Kensington-area historical earthquake activity is slightly above New York state average. It is 86% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 8/26/2003 at 18:24:18, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 LG, 3.5 ML, Depth: 1.9 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 73.6 miles away from Kensington center
On 10/28/1991 at 20:58:26, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 20.6 miles away from the city center
On 1/9/1992 at 08:50:45, a magnitude 3.1 (3.0 LG, 3.1 MD, Depth: 4.9 mi) earthquake occurred 44.0 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), duration magnitude (MD), local magnitude (ML)

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Average household size:

This village:	2.9 people
New York:	2.6 people

Percentage of family households:

This village:	80.0%
Whole state:	65.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This village:	0.7%
Whole state:	5.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
• Gay men: 0.0% of all households

This village:	1.2%
Whole state:	14.6%

This village:	1.2%
Whole state:	7.4%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Kensington, NY

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Here		76.0%
USA		50.2%

4.19% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($63,287 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.19%
New York average:	5.41%

0.08% of residents moved from foreign countries ($823 average AGI)

Nassau County:	0.08%
New York average:	0.24%

from Queens County, NY	1.50% ($62,164 average AGI)
from Suffolk County, NY	0.78% ($62,846)
from Kings County, NY	0.39% ($60,044)

5.58% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($64,495 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.58%
New York average:	6.26%

0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($334 average AGI)

Nassau County:	0.05%
New York average:	0.10%

to Suffolk County, NY	1.31% ($70,321 average AGI)
to Queens County, NY	0.78% ($46,822)
to New York County, NY	0.43% ($90,222)

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