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Population (year 2000): 501
Males: 238 (47.5%), Females: 263 (52.5%)
Ulster County
Zip code:
12471
Median resident age: 40.6 years
Median household income: $44,375 (year 2000)
Median house value: $87,400 (year 2000)
Races in Rifton:
- White Non-Hispanic (93.0%)
- Two or more races (2.4%)
- Hispanic (1.8%)
- Black (1.4%)
- American Indian (1.4%)
Ancestries: Irish (24.2%), German (24.0%),
English (19.4%), Italian (13.2%), Polish (10.6%), Dutch (10.0%).
Land area: 1.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Rifton
- High school or higher: 87.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.1%
- Unemployed: 4.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 32.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Rifton CDP
- Never married: 25.9%
- Now married: 47.9%
- Separated: 0.0%
- Widowed: 20.8%
- Divorced: 5.4%
3.0% Foreign born (3.0% Europe).
Hospitals/medical centers near Rifton:
- BENEDICTINE HOSPITAL (about 7 miles; KINGSTON, NY)
- KINGSTON HOSPITAL (about 7 miles; KINGSTON, NY)
- HUDSON RIVER PSYCHIATRIC CENTER (about 13 miles;
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Rifton:
- DUTCHESS COUNTY (about 19 miles; POUGHKEEPSIE, NY;
ID: POU)
- STEWART INT'L (about 24 miles; NEWBURGH, NY; ID:
SWF)
- DANBURY MUNI (about 52 miles; DANBURY, CT; ID: DXR)
Other public-use airports nearest to Rifton:
- KINGSTON-ULSTER (about 13 miles; KINGSTON, NY; ID:
20N)
- AIRHAVEN (about 13 miles; STAATSBURG, NY; ID: 09N)
- KOBELT (about 17 miles; WALLKILL, NY; ID: N45)
Amtrak stations near Rifton:
- 9 miles: RHINECLIFF-KINGSTON (RHINECLIFF, HUTTON &
CHARLES STS.). Services: ticket office, partially
wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public
restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free
short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for car
rental service, taxi stand.
- 12 miles: POUGHKEEPSIE (41 MAIN ST.). Services:
partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area,
public restrooms, public payphones, snack bar, paid
short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for car
rental service, taxi stand, public transit connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Rifton:
- SUNY COLLEGE AT NEW PALTZ (about 7 miles; NEW PALTZ,
NY; Full-time enrollment: 6,334)
- CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA (about 11 miles; HYDE
PARK, NY; FT enrollment: 2,028)
- MARIST COLLEGE (about 13 miles; POUGHKEEPSIE, NY; FT
enrollment: 4,646)
- DUTCHESS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 13 miles;
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY; FT enrollment: 4,112)
- VASSAR COLLEGE (about 22 miles; POUGHKEEPSIE, NY; FT
enrollment: 2,374)
- UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY (about 32 miles; WEST
POINT, NY; FT enrollment: 4,088)
- ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 39 miles;
MIDDLETOWN, NY; FT enrollment: 3,486)
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