Crugers is a

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and

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(CDP) located in the

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of Cortlandt,

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, United States. The population was 1,534 at the 2010 census.

History

Crugers, New York, was named for Col. John P. Cruger. The community formerly had two

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stations along the Hudson Line; one was Oscawana Station in Oscawana Park, and the other was named for the community at the northwestern end of Crugers Avenue across the tracks from the VA Hudson Valley Health Care System.

Geography

Crugers is located at (41.232981, -73.921586). According to the

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, the hamlet has a total area of , of which is land and , or 44.44%, is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,752 people, 826 households, and 327 families residing in the hamlet. The

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was 2,506.4 per square mile (966.4/km²). There were 846 housing units at an average density of 1,210.3/sq mi (466.6/km²). The racial makeup of the hamlet was 92.18%

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, 4.05%

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, 0.51% Native American, 0.97% Asian, 1.14% from

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, and 1.14% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 3.54% of the population. There were 826 households, out of which 13.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.8% were married couples living together, 5.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 60.3% were non-families. 59.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 44.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.79 and the average family size was 2.90. In the hamlet the population was spread out, with 12.8% under the age of 18, 2.5% from 18 to 24, 16.0% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 46.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 63 years. For every 100 females, there were 70.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 66.3 males. The median income for a household in the hamlet was $30,375, and the median income for a family was $86,598. Males had a median income of $58,571 versus $55,081 for females. The

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for the hamlet was $29,643. About 4.5% of families and 5.6% of the population were below the

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, including none of those under age 18 and 9.9% of those age 65 or over.

References

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Geography

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