Greenwood Lake (New York)

Orange County

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Greenwood Lake is a village in Orange County, New York in the United States. In 2000 the village had 3411 inhabitants. It lies in the southern part of the Town of Warwick.

History

Greenwood Lake, was in 1924 incorporated as a Village.

Geography

The geographic coordinates of Greenwood Lake are 41 ° 13 ' N, 74 ° 17' W41.2225 - 74.289722222222 ( 41.222461, -74.289726 ).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 6.4 km ², of which 5.3 km ² of land and 1.1 km ² omitted ( = 17.07 %) to water. Greenwood Lake is located at the northern end of the lake of the same name, which is on the State Border between New York and New Jersey.

Within Greenwood Lake is the branch of the New York State Route 210 from the New York State Route 17A.

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were Greenwood Lake 3411 people. The population density was 645.6 people per km ². There were 1534 housing units at an average 290.3 per km ². The population consisted of Greenwood Lakes 95.57 % White, 0.76 % African American, 0.26 % Native American, 0.85% Asian, 0.03 % Pacific Islander, 0.82 % reported other to belong to races and 1.70 % from two or more races. 5.04 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The residents of Greenwood Lakes distributed to 1332 households out of which 34.4 % were living in children under 18 years. 50.7 % married couples living together, 11.1 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.1% were non-families. 26.7% of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 7.6 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size is 3.18 people.

The population was spread out with 26.6 % under the, 6.0 % 18 -24- year-old, 34.2 % 25 -44- year-old, 22.8 % 45-64 year olds and 10.4 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 101.7 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 97.1 males.

The median household income in Greenwood Lake was 56 076 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 61 029 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 46 655 U.S. dollars, compared to 37 328 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 23 454 U.S. dollars. 7.0 % of the population and 4.0 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 6.3 % of minors and 7.5 % of those age 65 or over.