Red Oaks Mill is a

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and

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(CDP) in

Dutchess County Dutchess County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 295,911. The county seat is the city of Poughkeepsie. The county was created in 1683, one of New York's first twelve counties, and later org ...

, in the

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. It lies within the limits of the towns of

Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie ( ) is a city within the Town of Poughkeepsie, New York. It is the county seat of Dutchess County, with a 2020 census population of 31,577. Poughkeepsie is in the Hudson River Valley region, midway between the core of the New ...

and

LaGrange Joseph-Louis Lagrange (born Giuseppe Luigi Lagrangia Red Oaks Mill is southeast of the city of

and can be considered a

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of the city. It is part of the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie– Newburgh, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger

– Newark–

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, New York-

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Combined Statistical Area.

Geography

Red Oaks Mill is located at .

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, a tributary of the

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, flows through the center of the community, forming the border between the towns of Poughkeepsie and LaGrange. At the center of Red Oaks Mill is a complex intersection where Vassar Road ( Dutchess County Route 77), New Hackensack Road ( New York State Route 376), Spackenkill Road ( New York State Route 113), and a small residential side road all meet. Several shopping plazas,

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s, and other commercial properties are found at or near this intersection. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which , or 1.32%, is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 4,930 people, 1,724 households, and 1,411 families residing in the hamlet. The population density was . There were 1,767 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the hamlet was 89.74%

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, 4.67%

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, 0.14% Native American, 2.80% Asian, 1.50% from other races, and 1.16% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 5.05% of the population. There were 1,724 households, out of which 36.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.1% were

married couples Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and b ...

living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.1% were non-families. Fifteen-point-four percent of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.85 and the average family size was 3.17. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 26.8% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 25.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.5 males. Frozen Wappinger Creek

The median income for a household in the CDP was $77,533, and the median income for a family was $80,628. Males had a median income of $59,083 versus $27,697 for females. The

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for the CDP was $28,713. About 1.3% of families and 2.8% of the population were below the

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, including 5.5% of those under age 18 and 0.9% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Portions are in the

Arlington Central School District The Arlington Central School District (abbreviated ACSD) is one of thirteen public school districts serving residents of Dutchess County, New York. The district was created in 1924. Organization Coverage area The district's territory covers s ...

while other parts are in the

Wappingers Central School District Wappingers Central School District (WCSD) is a school district headquartered in the town of East Fishkill, New York, on Corporate Park Drive. History On November 30, 1937, in the southern portion of Dutchess County, New York, there was a meeti ...

. The Arlington district operates Arlington High School.

References

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