BlauveltNY
A town of 5,406, settled in 1886.
Is Blauvelt a good place to live?
Blauvelt’s median rent is $2,410 a month, where New York’s towns sit at $1,101 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. Among 759 New York towns, just 4 have a higher share of households owning their home than Blauvelt. Blauvelt’s trail density is 3.0 miles per square mile, above both the New York town median (0.4) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Blauvelt State Park, at 514 acres with 7.8 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. We don’t grade Blauvelt yet; the figures below are still real.
Central Park and 526 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Blauvelt. Close and well known come first.
Big draw20 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw22 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw22 mi MuseumUnited States Military Academy
Big draw21 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw20 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Madison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · United States Military Academy: USMA Public Affairs Office, Public domain · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Moving to Blauvelt: who provides what
Blauvelt is unincorporated, so Rockland County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Blauvelt.
A typical Blauvelt home is worth about $809K
The typical Blauvelt home is worth about $809,000, up 5.8% in a year, 54% above the New York typical home.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Blauvelt faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 96% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 30 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Blauvelt.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Blauvelt has set aside 22.8% of its land for conservation
14 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Blauvelt State Park | 7.8 mi | 514 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Blauvelt has four seasons and pleasant summers
Blauvelt has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Blauvelt’s July high is 86°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Compared with most of New York and the rest of the country, the average trip to work in Blauvelt is longer
The average trip to work in Blauvelt is 42 minutes. Most working residents leave Blauvelt for work: only 5% work in town. The median household income in Blauvelt is $174,000.
| Blauvelt | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 42 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $174,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.6% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.6% | 10% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
How healthy Blauvelt is
Blauvelt beats the New York average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 26% of Blauvelt adults have obesity.
| Blauvelt | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 33% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 34% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.8% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Blauvelt | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.8% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.1% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Blauvelt
Colleges nearby
41 within 15 miles of the center of Blauvelt
About 14 of every 100 Blauvelt residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Blauvelt’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Blauvelt.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blauvelt | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pearl River | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Orangeburg | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Orangetown | #126 | A | D− | — | A− | A |
| Clarkstown | #201 | A− | D− | B− | A− | A |
| West Nyack | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Orangetown reports no FBI crime data of its own. Blauvelt, Pearl River, Orangeburg and West Nyack aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Blauvelt with a neighbor →
Questions about Blauvelt
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Blauvelt, NY a good place to live?
We don’t grade Blauvelt yet; the figures below are still real.