Scotchtown, New York

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Back to Scotchtown, NY housing info, Orange 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 Scotchtown, NY Orange County Population in July 2007: 9,822. Males: 4,776   (48.6%) Females: 5,046   (51.4%) Median resident age:   34.6 years New York median age:   35.9 years Estimated median household income in 2008: $73,604 (it was $53,460 in 2000) Scotchtown:   $73,604 New York:   $56,033 Estimated per capita income in 2008: $30,607 Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $313,967 (it was $138,400 in 2000) Scotchtown:   $313,967 New York:   $318,900 Mean prices in 2008: All housing units: $302,579; Detached houses: $325,122; Townhouses or other attached units: $172,765; In 2-unit structures: $346,480; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $111,862; Mobile homes: $112,500 Scotchtown, 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 Scotchtown: White Non-Hispanic (68.1%) Hispanic (14.7%) Black (11.5%) Other race (4.6%) Two or more races (3.7%) Asian Indian (1.6%) American Indian (1.1%) Chinese (0.8%) (Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races) Dec. 2009 cost of living index in Scotchtown: 137.6 (high, U.S. average is 100) Recent posts about Scotchtown, New York on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users. Scotchtown is mentioned 51 times on our forum: How far does one have to move from New York City to get away from "THE ATTITUDE"?  (129 replies) Help! Moving to Hudson Valley area in a couple weeks!  (13 replies) middletown, ny  (31 replies) Can I afford to buy in Orange County? (Disillusioned and frustrated)  (24 replies) Middletown Optimists  (20 replies) Middletown-advice Needed Please  (34 replies) Latest news from Scotchtown, NY collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations Ancestries: Italian (21.4%), Irish (19.4%), German (11.2%), Polish (6.0%), English (5.2%), French (3.1%). Current Local Time: EST time zone Elevation: 725 feet Land area: 4.23 square miles. Population density: 2320 people per square mile   (low).

Average climate in Scotchtown, New York

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

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Scotchtown-area historical tornado activity is significantly above New York state average. It is 11% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 7/14/1988, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 11.3 miles away from the Scotchtown place center injured one person and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 5/31/1998, a category 3 tornado 31.1 miles away from the place center injured 2 people and caused $1 million in damages.

Scotchtown-area historical earthquake activity is slightly above New York state average. It is 85% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/17/1991 at 08:53:16, a magnitude 4.1 (4.0 MB, 4.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 81.6 miles away from Scotchtown center
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 71.3 miles away from the city center
On 6/16/2000 at 04:02:53, a magnitude 3.3 (3.3 LG, Depth: 6.1 mi) earthquake occurred 90.8 miles away from the city center
On 10/28/1991 at 20:58:26, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 49.6 miles away from Scotchtown 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 76.8 miles away from the city center
On 7/24/2007 at 01:56:48, a magnitude 3.1 (3.1 MD, 2.7 LG, Depth: 9.3 mi) earthquake occurred 79.2 miles away from Scotchtown center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), local magnitude (ML)

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Average household size:

This place:	2.8 people
New York:	2.6 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	72.7%
Whole state:	65.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	6.3%
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: 0.5% of all households

This place:	5.2%
Whole state:	14.6%

This place:	1.5%
Whole state:	7.4%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Scotchtown, NY

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Here		62.9%
USA		50.2%

6.26% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($53,765 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.26%
New York average:	5.41%

0.08% of residents moved from foreign countries ($512 average AGI)

Orange County:	0.08%
New York average:	0.24%

from Rockland County, NY	0.70% ($62,316 average AGI)
from Bronx County, NY	0.63% ($54,713)
from Westchester County, NY	0.37% ($65,628)

6.74% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($53,278 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.74%
New York average:	6.26%

0.12% of residents moved to foreign countries ($692 average AGI)

Orange County:	0.12%
New York average:	0.10%

to Ulster County, NY	0.48% ($41,194 average AGI)
to Sullivan County, NY	0.38% ($42,238)
to Rockland County, NY	0.28% ($56,350)

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