Financial Stability
Median Household Income, by Race/Ethnicity, 2017-21

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Median Household Income, by Race/Ethnicity, 2017-21

What does this measure?

Median household income, inflated to 2021 dollars, broken down by race/ethnicity. Half of incomes are below the median and half are above.

Why is this important?

Median household income is a gauge of overall economic health of the region and the financial resources of households.

How is the region performing?

In 2017-21, Asian residents of the Mid-Hudson Valley had the highest median income, at $95,300, followed by White ($82,700), Hispanic ($76,100), and African American ($63,700) residents. For most groups, regional median income was higher than national and statewide (excluding NYC) figures. Though the general pattern of discrepancies between racial and ethnic groups was similar on the regional, statewide, and national levels, African American residents in the Mid-Hudson Valley had a median household income that was 14% higher than the state median (excluding NYC) and 17% higher than the national median. The medians for Hispanic residents of the region was 13% higher than the national medians for the same group and 3% lower for Asian residents.

Median incomes decreased for all racial and ethnic groups in the region between 2000 and 2017-20. The decline was most pronounced for Asian and White residents, down 44%, followed by African Americans (32%) and Hispanics (35%). However, the median income of African Americans was $12,400 lower than Hispanics, $19,000 lower than Whites and $31,600 lower than Asians. Racist policies in education, housing and labor market help to explain the gaps in incomes, especially for the African American community.

Within the region, racial and ethnic disparities appeared in every county, but groups fared better in some counties than others. Among counties with statistically reliable results, Putnam County had the highest median income for African Americans, at $124,900, while Greene had the lowest, at $24,600. Putnam had the highest median incomes for Hispanic and white residents, at $98,200 and $114,100, respectively, while Dutchess had the highest median income for Asian residents at $113,864. Among communities in the region, median income among white residents ranged from $39,400 in Kiryas Joel to $126,800 in the Village of Woodbury. The populations in most other local areas, when broken down by race and ethnicity, were too small to yield reliable survey results.

Why do these disparities exist?

These large and persistent disparities in income are the result of historic and current policies and practices that disadvantaged people of color. Research has connected slavery and the inability of black Americans even after emancipation to fully participate in economic life to the wealth and income gaps still present today. Structural racism perpetuated by policies and practices that systematically disadvantage African American and Latino communities include inequitable education, low wages, job and wage discrimination, lack of access to capital, and globalization. Even when a recovery from the current economic crisis occurs, it is not expected to make up for the pre-existing racial disparities experienced over time unless policies are enacted to address these gaps.

Notes about the data

Data are presented in 2021 dollars. The multiyear figures are from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey. The bureau combined five years of responses to the survey to provide estimates for smaller geographic areas and increase the precision of its estimates. However, because the information came from a survey, the samples responding to the survey were not always large enough to produce reliable results, especially in small geographic areas. CGR has noted on data tables the estimates with relatively large margins of error. Estimates with three asterisks have the largest margins, plus or minus 50% or more of the estimate. Two asterisks mean plus or minus 35%-50%, and one asterisk means plus or minus 20%-35%. For all estimates, the confidence level is 90%, meaning there is 90% probability the true value (if the whole population were surveyed) would be within the margin of error (or confidence interval). For some small areas, Census did not have enough data to report results at all and N/A is shown in the data table. The survey provides data on characteristics of the population that used to be collected only during the decennial census. Data for this indicator are expected to be released in the fourth quarter.

Median Household Income, by Race/Ethnicity, 2017-21
AsianBlack or African AmericanHispanicWhite
Region$95,304$63,675$76,103$82,654
Columbia County$99,792***$33,500**$53,828***$75,679
Dutchess County$113,864*$55,194$63,202$92,622
Greene County$55,231$24,570***$60,500**$63,154
Orange County$83,023$74,126$87,045$88,163
Putnam County$99,295*$124,940*$98,192$114,072
Sullivan County$77,115**$43,690*$54,819*$66,012
Ulster County$99,167**$63,460$57,905$72,529
NYS (excluding NYC)$106,464$55,005$73,294$79,766
U.S.$98,367$46,401$58,791$73,533
Columbia Cities
Hudson$65,417***N/A***$46,806***$43,750
Columbia Towns
AncramN/A***N/A***N/A***$79,028
AusterlitzN/A***N/A***$123,393**$74,635*
CanaanN/A***N/A***N/A***$98,889
ChathamN/A***N/A***N/A***$94,779*
ClaverackN/A***N/A***N/A***$70,793
ClermontN/A***N/A***$63,600$87,000*
CopakeN/A***N/A***N/A***$110,234
GallatinN/A***N/A***N/A***$85,000*
GermantownN/A***N/A***$125,000***$84,097
GhentN/A***$21,250*$76,250$75,938*
Greenport$135,893N/A***N/A***$62,689
HillsdaleN/A***N/A***N/A***$86,806
Kinderhook$250,001N/A***N/A***$80,711
LivingstonN/A***N/A***$26,318$60,988*
New LebanonN/A***N/A***N/A***$71,927
StockportN/A***N/A***$93,889$72,556
StuyvesantN/A***N/A***N/A***$73,681*
TaghkanicN/A***N/A***$52,857***$103,333*
Columbia Villages
ChathamN/A***N/A***N/A***$79,432*
KinderhookN/A***N/A***$48,000**$84,135
PhilmontN/A***N/A***$19,479***$54,767
ValatieN/A***N/A***N/A***$80,417*
Dutchess Cities
Beacon$154,659*$59,115*$94,850*$98,777
Poughkeepsie$25,938***$39,679$42,122$55,797
Dutchess Towns
AmeniaN/A***N/A***N/A***$65,634
Beekman$203,542***$86,458***$105,588***$106,114
ClintonN/A***N/A***N/A***$93,375**
DoverN/A***N/A***$84,271***$79,853*
East Fishkill$225,929*$156,667$111,958*$121,934
Fishkill$139,464**$68,815*$83,309*$86,156
Hyde Park$71,167$72,979***N/A***$82,805
La Grange$132,944$120,865***$94,769***$120,836
MilanN/A***N/A***$235,139***$84,875*
North East$55,250***N/A***N/A***$76,094*
Pawling$70,625$193,043*$71,071***$108,178
Pine PlainsN/A***N/A***$53,375$68,315
Pleasant Valley$121,944***$90,938***$82,500***$84,444
Poughkeepsie$88,594**$75,464$56,881$90,911
Red Hook$145,208**N/A***N/A***$98,950
RhinebeckN/A***N/A***$46,250***$95,951
Stanford$121,027***N/A***$31,905***$90,882**
Union ValeN/A***N/A***N/A***$90,313
Wappinger$107,244*$56,359*$73,913*$92,087
WashingtonN/A***N/A***N/A***$96,000*
Dutchess Villages
FishkillN/A***$130,357***$112,917$87,917
MillbrookN/A***N/A***$26,875***$60,625**
MillertonN/A***N/A***N/A***$70,272
PawlingN/A***$33,125**$46,172**$106,397
Red Hook$140,893***N/A***N/A***$88,929*
RhinebeckN/A***N/A***$38,083*$68,594*
TivoliN/A***N/A***N/A***$60,417**
Wappingers FallsN/A***$40,474**$51,298**$66,750*
Greene Towns
AshlandN/A***N/A***N/A***$51,705***
Athens$127,895*N/A***$65,096***$76,019
CairoN/A***N/A***$78,750*$71,182
CatskillN/A***$23,490*N/A***$52,887
CoxsackieN/A***N/A***N/A***$64,286*
DurhamN/A***N/A***N/A***$60,357
GreenvilleN/A***N/A***$52,656***$72,153
HalcottN/A***N/A***N/A***$55,000
HunterN/A***N/A***N/A***$57,386***
JewettN/A***N/A***N/A***$55,833
LexingtonN/A***N/A***N/A***$112,083*
New BaltimoreN/A***N/A***N/A***$86,528
PrattsvilleN/A***N/A***N/A***$44,306***
WindhamN/A***N/A***N/A***$54,063
Greene Villages
AthensN/A***N/A***N/A***$68,542*
CatskillN/A***$23,385**N/A***$54,981*
CoxsackieN/A***N/A***N/A***$53,507
HunterN/A***N/A***N/A***N/A***
TannersvilleN/A***N/A***N/A***$56,364*
Orange Cities
Middletown$79,028*$61,835**$67,463$57,748
Newburgh$142,500**$37,955*$65,321$50,433*
Port JervisN/A***N/A***$85,189***$40,208*
Orange Towns
Blooming GroveN/A***$89,318*$90,000**$90,057
Chester$250,001$135,083*$152,239$112,826
CornwallN/A***$151,645*$107,212***$103,095
CrawfordN/A***$113,075*$110,825*$102,765
Deerpark$76,742***N/A***$70,438**$62,717*
Goshen$175,859***$109,531***$66,840***$101,449
GreenvilleN/A***N/A***$144,417$121,604
HamptonburghN/A***N/A***$64,750***$112,222*
Highlands$136,140$76,378***$95,750**$96,866
MinisinkN/A***$150,357***$83,482*$97,574
Monroe$142,375*$104,185*$96,920*$115,197
Montgomery$146,131**$59,310***$94,395$85,104
Mount Hope$106,250N/A***$104,076***$100,098
New Windsor$115,826$111,429*$96,530*$87,378
Newburgh$80,811$77,565*$105,392$99,029
Tuxedo$250,001N/A***N/A***$154,875*
Wallkill$54,941**$80,741$93,431$83,706
Warwick$91,917$133,750***$106,607$113,048
Wawayanda$120,625***N/A***$122,762**$106,548*
Woodbury$139,242*$150,159$89,519***$125,156
Orange Villages
ChesterN/A***N/A***$150,375***$85,227**
Cornwall-on-Hudson$90,833***N/A***$95,417**$107,409
Florida$107,750***N/A***$120,093*$100,000*
GoshenN/A***N/A***$48,163*$70,729*
Greenwood LakeN/A***N/A***N/A***$97,776*
Harriman$48,583**$99,737**$95,231*$80,446**
Highland Falls$135,848$76,293***$87,656***$88,424*
Kiryas JoelN/A***N/A***$41,550$39,386
MaybrookN/A***N/A***$105,893**$76,250
Monroe$129,286**$88,977***$87,250***$115,815
MontgomeryN/A***N/A***$106,801**$84,375*
Otisville$111,250*N/A***$66,758**$85,272*
South Blooming GroveN/A***$115,172***$93,170$71,167*
Tuxedo Park$250,001N/A***N/A***$158,125***
UnionvilleN/A***N/A***N/A***$77,333**
WaldenN/A***N/A***$92,619*$63,587*
WarwickN/A***N/A***$119,718$82,801*
WashingtonvilleN/A***$88,977$93,409***$75,139**
Woodbury$168,512*$151,295$89,663***$126,797
Putnam Towns
Carmel$101,979***$155,417***$92,059$114,886
Kent$192,566*$250,001$128,050*$104,199
Patterson$126,632$101,591**$112,431**$100,789*
PhilipstownN/A***$188,179***$67,721***$121,141
Putnam Valley$24,320$224,246$99,556**$120,789
Southeast$48,916$78,295***$85,313*$115,346
Putnam Villages
BrewsterN/A***N/A***$58,319***$56,875***
Cold SpringN/A***N/A***N/A***$119,833
NelsonvilleN/A***N/A***N/A***$113,750*
Sullivan Towns
BethelN/A***N/A***N/A***$66,949
CallicoonN/A***N/A***N/A***$64,427
CochectonN/A***N/A***N/A***$52,692**
DelawareN/A***N/A***$73,500***$71,058*
Fallsburg$141,667***$26,589***$61,074*$52,185
ForestburghN/A***N/A***N/A***$124,167
FremontN/A***N/A***N/A***$74,911*
HighlandN/A***N/A***N/A***$56,639*
LibertyN/A***$33,721***N/A***$60,765*
Lumberland$119,063***N/A***N/A***$94,000
Mamakating$164,375***$102,885***$107,826***$80,819
NeversinkN/A***N/A***$33,264***$66,800*
RocklandN/A***N/A***N/A***$51,875**
ThompsonN/A***$39,797***$46,536**$58,135
TustenN/A***N/A***N/A***$52,045
Sullivan Villages
BloomingburgN/A***N/A***N/A***$24,063*
JeffersonvilleN/A***N/A***N/A***$61,750***
LibertyN/A***N/A***$34,280***$42,459*
Monticello$31,020*N/A***N/A***$44,564
WoodridgeN/A***N/A***$21,750***$62,083**
WurtsboroN/A***N/A***$53,421***$77,031
Ulster Cities
Kingston$135,500***$64,473$34,565***$58,416
Ulster Towns
DenningN/A***N/A***N/A***$74,583
EsopusN/A***$175,565***N/A***$72,930
GardinerN/A***N/A***N/A***$85,042
HardenburghN/A***N/A***N/A***$65,469**
HurleyN/A***N/A***$78,798**$81,759
KingstonN/A***N/A***$31,964**$63,194*
Lloyd$139,250$35,718*$54,659***$89,397*
Marbletown$38,811$111,291$53,393***$66,782*
MarlboroughN/A***N/A***N/A***$102,921
New Paltz$24,034$58,828***$86,198**$81,907
OliveN/A***N/A***$51,250**$85,190*
PlattekillN/A***N/A***$85,353***$67,604**
Rochester$111,985***N/A***$70,946**$68,909
RosendaleN/A***$92,857$111,932***$61,029
SaugertiesN/A***N/A***$49,357***$65,317
Shandaken$218,029***N/A***N/A***$60,192*
ShawangunkN/A***$80,074*$63,396$95,284
UlsterN/A***$55,536***$94,879*$67,069
WawarsingN/A***N/A***$47,675**$57,297*
WoodstockN/A***N/A***N/A***$65,663
Ulster Villages
EllenvilleN/A***N/A***$48,475***$77,674***
New Paltz$23,634N/A***N/A***$61,667**
SaugertiesN/A***N/A***$42,756**$49,643*

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Notes: Figures in 2021 dollars. Multiyear results are from rolling American Community Survey. * Margin of error between 20% & 35% of estimate; ** margin of error between 35% & 50%; *** margin of error greater than 50%. The Census Bureau asks people to identify their race (white, African-American, etc.) separate from their ethnicity (Hispanic or non-Hispanic). So the totals for these categories cannot be added together, as people show up in both a racial and ethnic group.








Median Household Income, by Race/Ethnicity, 2000
AsianBlack or African AmericanHispanicWhite
Region$171,190$93,860$117,405$141,216
Columbia County$51,844$40,795$41,833$69,876
Dutchess County$110,727$57,379$73,869$89,484
Greene County$69,125$36,257$44,630$60,043
Orange County$99,828$58,187$73,365$88,069
Putnam County$146,657$130,118$99,734$117,810
Sullivan County$74,063$36,765$41,708$61,712
Ulster County$43,204$51,668$58,433$70,974
NYS (excluding NYC)$195,006$114,465$125,092$147,971
U.S.$84,427$47,856$54,773$72,682
Columbia Cities
Hudson$35,764$33,631$33,546$42,396
Columbia Towns
Ancram$0$52,860$50,827$74,244
Austerlitz$0$54,893$84,373$83,999
Canaan$67,092$38,629$176,879$84,534
Chatham$63,026$68,718$130,718$81,550
Claverack$0$62,471$90,196$68,245
Clermont$0$54,893$55,572$76,722
Copake$0$0$40,662$68,390
Gallatin$0$48,116$71,158$69,437
Germantown$51,844$199,243$71,158$68,481
Ghent$0$41,678$63,026$71,457
Greenport$203,929$43,508$27,785$63,520
Hillsdale$130,467$30,496$81,324$64,551
Kinderhook$67,092$204,368$73,191$85,686
Livingston$0$27,785$0$60,586
New Lebanon$0$78,274$0$72,937
Stockport$0$57,436$0$69,322
Stuyvesant$0$47,439$91,489$81,545
Taghkanic$0$122,777$90,811$74,352
Columbia Villages
Chatham$4,065$56,248$50,149$64,631
Kinderhook$130,911$83,357$34,563$97,814
Philmont$0$54,893$125,760$49,980
Valatie$4,065$166,329$28,011$68,362
Dutchess Cities
Beacon$121,579$58,486$66,056$82,068
Poughkeepsie$39,500$37,791$29,291$56,042
Dutchess Towns
Amenia$42,187$53,267$29,989$65,931
Beekman$99,114$68,408$131,660$108,629
Clinton$166,329$82,002$106,127$110,803
Dover$43,965$96,479$76,148$82,257
East Fishkill$158,457$130,329$127,125$126,554
Fishkill$115,751$84,373$105,259$84,516
Hyde Park$130,991$85,681$73,191$82,929
La Grange$206,615$131,814$114,531$117,768
Milan$0$0$47,439$88,628
North East$0$57,605$49,811$68,539
Pawling$76,750$97,250$76,129$99,833
Pine Plains$107,754$99,621$325,296$70,259
Pleasant Valley$118,326$86,203$74,717$88,335
Poughkeepsie$107,957$84,139$92,598$89,937
Red Hook$35,960$95,893$59,742$76,428
Rhinebeck$83,866$41,823$173,530$85,988
Stanford$0$32,022$109,279$88,584
Union Vale$246,095$75,224$147,939$114,510
Wappinger$100,028$98,333$88,217$95,479
Washington$138,904$132,543$42,695$84,850
Dutchess Villages
Fishkill$158,527$63,704$96,572$58,553
Millbrook$122,777$43,711$122,210$68,424
Millerton$0$34,563$50,827$59,976
Pawling$76,241$50,827$79,290$75,076
Red Hook$109,787$65,737$35,579$59,940
Rhinebeck$0$247,773$184,842$67,520
Tivoli$34,563$58,960$79,290$67,092
Wappingers Falls$83,793$56,520$54,742$63,216
Greene Towns
Ashland$0$0$71,158$58,088
Athens$207,321$110,803$93,522$64,602
Cairo$0$91,489$62,687$58,408
Catskill$54,267$40,662$27,837$57,206
Coxsackie$0$27,883$49,375$63,336
Durham$0$0$32,936$55,759
Greenville$147,939$75,224$82,802$62,588
Halcott$0$0$0$50,064
Hunter$245,044$0$71,158$55,492
Jewett$95,555$0$0$66,711
Lexington$0$14,232$17,281$47,778
New Baltimore$0$0$99,621$78,625
Prattsville$0$0$4,065$49,666
Windham$0$26,430$16,265$58,881
Greene Villages
Athens$0$110,803$63,026$59,927
Catskill$23,584$32,868$18,298$47,870
Coxsackie$0$25,752$30,750$61,407
Hunter$0$0$67,092$54,893
Tannersville$26,430$0$26,430$44,728
Orange Cities
Middletown$87,677$47,332$52,772$66,643
Newburgh$62,518$41,825$52,680$55,648
Port Jervis$116,467$36,867$33,401$49,817
Orange Towns
Blooming Grove$118,257$68,871$105,865$109,255
Chester$102,798$87,423$142,417$115,297
Cornwall$271,033$73,482$96,848$97,086
Crawford$126,765$115,208$108,516$91,964
Deerpark$114,362$45,354$58,281$73,087
Goshen$137,881$45,889$70,511$98,432
Greenville$191,070$93,015$90,269$97,136
Hamptonburgh$94,335$164,792$80,985$121,925
Highlands$103,688$65,568$66,723$93,652
Minisink$0$107,463$100,892$88,439
Monroe$84,228$123,906$109,631$79,861
Montgomery$133,889$124,625$89,253$79,821
Mount Hope$75,224$93,015$97,995$92,479
New Windsor$82,776$85,333$67,277$84,181
Newburgh$106,625$98,876$97,544$97,178
Tuxedo$91,858$135,646$74,971$115,004
Wallkill$74,039$69,803$79,871$85,282
Warwick$131,895$106,230$100,049$99,813
Wawayanda$142,316$92,844$111,989$100,221
Woodbury$123,434$123,041$131,261$128,272
Orange Villages
Chester$99,912$74,063$143,167$91,681
Cornwall-on-Hudson$325,296$80,645$130,674$100,220
Florida$10,165$163,412$117,241$87,423
Goshen$76,750$35,410$70,696$84,882
Greenwood Lake$325,296$0$103,078$90,448
Harriman$124,918$140,758$107,754$93,115
Highland Falls$98,401$50,507$55,572$83,225
Kiryas Joel$0$0$63,364$24,622
Maybrook$59,976$111,451$112,023$84,913
Monroe$81,615$119,952$118,843$115,797
Montgomery$134,725$145,158$121,694$81,179
Otisville$122,777$63,026$92,844$80,510
Tuxedo Park$154,850$6,099$55,910$151,929
Unionville$0$0$48,388$61,897
Walden$67,092$116,338$74,907$70,820
Warwick$50,536$74,063$63,026$82,909
Washingtonville$118,257$71,496$129,256$103,138
Putnam Towns
Carmel$186,771$140,455$124,326$124,371
Kent$139,080$194,719$84,882$118,381
Patterson$247,773$116,564$147,249$106,433
Philipstown$108,045$93,015$95,217$117,875
Putnam Valley$150,187$173,720$98,605$118,632
Southeast$87,169$88,778$82,678$114,816
Putnam Villages
Brewster$76,579$82,086$67,092$69,260
Cold Spring$93,115$0$164,008$86,824
Nelsonville$0$0$207,063$97,081
Sullivan Towns
Bethel$82,195$26,092$35,143$59,293
Callicoon$0$69,938$54,893$63,465
Cochecton$0$31,513$63,026$67,277
Delaware$325,296$42,695$76,241$64,938
Fallsburg$35,241$40,107$37,222$57,022
Forestburgh$0$10,165$182,978$92,099
Fremont$75,224$41,678$43,711$53,441
Highland$26,430$99,621$77,257$65,939
Liberty$74,492$35,452$59,908$52,501
Lumberland$72,513$144,349$75,224$69,839
Mamakating$139,224$115,479$73,191$66,298
Neversink$27,011$325,296$11,520$74,660
Rockland$71,667$38,855$26,599$54,095
Thompson$165,770$33,333$32,056$62,691
Tusten$46,761$24,059$79,290$64,623
Sullivan Villages
Bloomingburg$0$0$44,728$62,619
Jeffersonville$0$26,430$30,496$53,086
Liberty$75,956$28,343$69,865$44,531
Monticello$36,370$27,500$30,496$39,180
Woodridge$207,063$21,551$34,563$46,761
Wurtsboro$78,952$142,316$27,447$60,565
Ulster Cities
Kingston$38,629$35,688$47,778$54,187
Ulster Towns
Denning$18,298$0$0$66,511
Esopus$83,357$60,702$76,579$76,104
Gardiner$71,158$111,368$57,943$88,963
Hardenburgh$0$0$0$57,379
Hurley$325,296$90,303$101,993$82,488
Kingston$0$19,653$58,960$70,751
Lloyd$75,393$75,631$60,069$86,530
Marbletown$0$102,671$114,038$74,123
Marlborough$18,298$31,851$50,827$82,340
New Paltz$14,842$62,619$49,048$70,639
Olive$166,329$71,158$44,593$74,855
Plattekill$19,993$100,073$63,821$66,623
Rochester$119,952$49,557$86,294$70,003
Rosendale$70,063$83,937$57,333$72,188
Saugerties$42,695$46,180$65,623$69,888
Shandaken$70,029$0$70,597$51,525
Shawangunk$67,544$113,562$98,266$84,723
Ulster$109,990$52,306$90,472$71,158
Wawarsing$34,563$36,257$44,201$62,269
Woodstock$4,065$99,309$48,031$81,389
Ulster Villages
Ellenville$26,430$29,818$44,011$56,557
New Paltz$4,065$60,758$40,847$36,402
Saugerties$0$0$64,381$57,680

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Notes: Figures in 2021 dollars. Multiyear results are from rolling American Community Survey. * Margin of error between 20% & 35% of estimate; ** margin of error between 35% & 50%; *** margin of error greater than 50%. The Census Bureau asks people to identify their race (white, African-American, etc.) separate from their ethnicity (Hispanic or non-Hispanic). So the totals for these categories cannot be added together, as people show up in both a racial and ethnic group.








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