Chestnut Ridge (New York)

Rockland County

36-15400

Chestnut Ridge is a village in upstate New York and is located within the Town of Ramapo in Rockland County. In 2000 lived in Chestnut Ridge 7829 people.

Geography

The town lies north of the border with New Jersey, east of Monsey; south of Spring Valley and west of Nanuet.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 12.8 km ², which is composed exclusively of the country.

History

Chestnut Ridge was an unincorporated community within Ramapo prior to incorporation in 1986.

Economy

In Chestnut Ridge of the measurement instruments LeCroy is headquartered.

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 7829 Chestnut Ridge people. The population density was 611.9 people per km ². There were 2601 housing units at an average 203.3 per km ². The Chestnut Ridge's population was composed of 73.96 % White, 13.87 % African American, 0.13 % Native American, 6.74% Asian, 0.06 % Pacific Islander, 2.68 % reported other to belong to races, and 2.55 % from two or more races. 8.09 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Residents of Chestnut Ridge distributed to 2551 households out of which 32.3% were living in children under 18 years. 72.2 % married couples living together, 7.3 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.4 % were non-families. 13.6% of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 6.6 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.87 and the average family size is 3.12.

The population was spread out with 22.7 % under the, 5.8 % 18 -24- year-old, 27.0% 25-44 year olds, 29.1% of 45-64 year olds and 15.4 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 94.8 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women, 89.2 men.

The median household income in Chestnut Ridge was 86 468 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 95 551 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 57,420 U.S. dollars, compared to 43 548 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 33 227 U.S. dollars. 3.5 % of the population and 0.9 % of families were below the poverty line, including 0.3 % of those affected and 5.0 % of those age 65 or over.

• Place in New York
• Place in North America
• Rockland County