Walker Valley is a

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) located in the western part of the Town of Shawangunk in

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, United States, generally thought of as coterminous with the 12588 ZIP code. The population was 1,269 at the 2020 census. Walker Valley is one of the three geographic sections of the town that local residents use (The other two are Wallkill and Pine Bush). It is centered on

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in the western part of town, where it begins to slope up to the

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History

The community was known as "Jamesburgh" until 1862. Since, it was renamed to as it is known now, Walker Valley.

Geography

Walker Valley is located at (41.642235, -74.372619). According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and 0.48% is water. Walker Valley is roughly where

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begins to ascend the eastern slope of the

. It is near the border of Sullivan County.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 758 people, 276 households, and 200 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 314 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.51%

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, 1.98%

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, 0.40% Native American, 0.79% Asian, 0.13% from other races, and 1.19% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 2.24% of the population. There were 276 households, out of which 39.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.4% were

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living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.5% were non-families. 20.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.19. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 28.9% under the age of 18, 4.4% from 18 to 24, 31.7% from 25 to 44, 25.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 111.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.1 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $53,906, and the median income for a family was $56,250. Males had a median income of $41,458 versus $33,542 for females. The

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for the CDP was $21,403. About 3.6% of families and 6.2% of the population were below the

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, including 5.4% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

Education

The CDP is in the Pine Bush Central School District.
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Notable person

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, screenwriter - '' A Beautiful Mind''

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in New York (state) Shawangunks Shawangunk, New York Hamlets in New York (state) Census-designated places in Ulster County, New York Hamlets in Ulster County, New York