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Population (year 2000): 7,138
Males: 4,815 (67.5%), Females: 2,323 (32.5%)
Orange County
Zip codes:
10996.
Median resident age: 21.1 years
Median household income: $56,516 (year 2000)
Median house value: $0 (year 2000)
Races in West Point:
- White Non-Hispanic (78.6%)
- Black (9.1%)
- Hispanic (6.6%)
- Two or more races (3.0%)
- Korean (1.7%)
- Other race (1.6%)
- American Indian (1.0%)
- Filipino (0.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (24.1%), Irish (17.8%),
English (9.0%), Italian (8.9%), Scottish (5.7%), Polish (5.4%).
Elevation: 161 feet
Land area: 24.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in West Point
- High school or higher: 98.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 62.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 41.9%
- Unemployed: 3.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 9.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in West Point CDP
- Never married: 66.9%
- Now married: 31.0%
- Separated: 0.5%
- Widowed: 0.2%
- Divorced: 1.5%
4.7% Foreign born (2.3% Asia, 1.5% Europe, 0.9%
Latin America).
Hospitals/medical centers near West Point:
- CORNWALL HOSPITAL,THE (about 5 miles; CORNWALL, NY)
- JULIA BUTTERFIELD HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; COLD
SPRING, NY)
- HUDSON VALLEY HOSPITAL CENTER (about 11 miles;
PEEKSKILL, NY)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to West
Point:
- STEWART INT'L (about 10 miles; NEWBURGH, NY; ID:
SWF)
- DUTCHESS COUNTY (about 21 miles; POUGHKEEPSIE, NY;
ID: POU)
- WESTCHESTER COUNTY (about 32 miles; WHITE PLAINS,
NY; ID: HPN)
Other public-use airports nearest to West Point:
- PEEKSKILL (about 12 miles; PEEKSKILL, NY; ID: 7N2)
- HAVERSTRAW (about 13 miles; HAVERSTRAW, NY; ID: H43)
- ORANGE COUNTY (about 17 miles; MONTGOMERY, NY; ID:
MGJ)
Amtrak station near West Point:
- 17 miles: CROTON-HARMON (CROTON-ON-HUDSON, CROTON
POINT AVE.). 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, call for
taxi service, public transit connection.
College/University in West Point:
- UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY (Full-time
enrollment: 4,088; Location: INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH AND
ANALYSIS BRANCH; Public; Website: www.usma.edu)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
West Point:
- ROCKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 18 miles; SUFFERN,
NY; Full-time enrollment: 4,409)
- RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY (about 22 miles;
MAHWAH, NJ; FT enrollment: 4,076)
- PACE UNIVERSITY-PLEASANTVILLE BRIARCLIFF (about 25
miles; PLEASANTVILLE, NY; FT enrollment: 2,837)
- MARIST COLLEGE (about 25 miles; POUGHKEEPSIE, NY; FT
enrollment: 4,646)
- DUTCHESS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 25 miles;
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY; FT enrollment: 4,112)
- SUNY COLLEGE AT NEW PALTZ (about 27 miles; NEW
PALTZ, NY; FT enrollment: 6,334)
- SUNY WESTCHESTER COMMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 27 miles;
VALHALLA, NY; FT enrollment: 6,730)
Public primary/middle schools in West Point:
- WEST POINT ELEM SCHOOL (Students: 520;
Location: BLDG 705A BARRY RD; Grades: PK - 04)
- WEST POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 265;
Location: 705 BARRY RD; Grades: 05 - 08)
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