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For most people who can afford it, yes. Blooming Grove grades B overall, 319th among New York's 745 graded towns. It reports less crime per resident than 79% of U.S. towns. The catch is cost: homes are expensive, about $628K for a typical one and 6.4 times the Kiryas Joel metro’s $98K median household income. Blooming Grove’s typical journey to work is 46 minutes, above both the New York town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Blooming Grove has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Brotherhood Winery and Moffat Library. Blooming Grove is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 81% of U.S. towns.
Where Blooming Grove beats most towns.
Census counts: 1,611 in 1800, 18,811 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1875 and 4 maps from 1902 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Blooming Grove is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Blooming Grove. Close and well known come first.
Big draw12 mi MuseumUnited States Military Academy
Big draw39 mi MuseumThe Cloisters
31 mi LandmarkFerncliff Cemetery
28 mi National Historic SiteHome of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site102K visitors a year
11 mi Stadium & arenaMichie Stadium
7 mi Theme parkLegoland New YorkUnited States Military Academy: USMA Public Affairs Office, Public domain · The Cloisters: Paweł Drozd on Wiki Drozdpl cropped by Beyond My Ken (talk) 17:05, 27 December 2, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ferncliff Cemetery: Anthony22 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site: Crunch, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Michie Stadium: John Pellino, Public domain · Legoland New York: MattCC716, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Blooming Grove, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Blooming Grove.
Blooming Grove is safe by national standards but not by New York’s; it also has homes that cost more against local pay than most of New York and has a long record of flood insurance claims.
Schunnemunk State Park, at 446 acres with 3.5 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. There are 17 miles of trail across 10 parks and preserves. Blooming Grove’s trail density is 0.5 miles per square mile.
| Blooming Grove | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.9% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Schunnemunk State Park | 3.5 mi | 446 |
| 2. Earl Reservoir Park | 0.3 mi | 10 |
| 3. Gonzaga Park | 0.2 mi | 104 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Washingtonville Central School District. Below: Two of its 4 schools, each with why it was picked. The largest public high school is Washingtonville Senior High School, with 1,308 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washingtonville Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 884 | C− |
| Washingtonville Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,308 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
At 8.6 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 64% of New York’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 98 to 60 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
For Blooming Grove, the property offense rate is 4.2 per 1,000 residents. The violent offense rate here is 0.5 per 1,000 residents.
| Blooming Grove | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.2 per 1,000 residents | 7.6 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.5 per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The average commute for its 7,539 working residents takes 46.4 minutes, against 32.6 across New York. Jobs based here grew from 2,386 in 2013 to 3,398.
For half of commuters, work is under 21 miles away. Employers in Blooming Grove added 1,012 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 3,398. 14% of residents live below the poverty line here. Just nearly a tenth of the town’s working residents have a job in town.
| Blooming Grove | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $96,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 14% | 12% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Among adults in Blooming Grove, 9.8% have diabetes. The town beats the New York average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. Two figures for adults here: 30% have high blood pressure, 31% have obesity.
| Blooming Grove | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 34% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 33% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.8% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Blooming Grove | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.1% | 12.8% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2.8% | 3.4% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 74% | 77.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
For residents in Blooming Grove, the share who are 65 or older is 12%. New York has two in five adults 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or more; here it is 31%. The age of the median resident for Blooming Grove comes to 34.7 years.
| Blooming Grove | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 29% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 34.7 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 12% | 20% | 18% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Blooming Grove | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 15.7% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.3% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.1% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.3% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.4% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.4% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.4% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7.2% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.3% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.7% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24.5% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 22% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14.6% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.8% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.4% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 6.4 years of the Kiryas Joel metro’s $98K median household income, the typical home (about $628K) costs more against local pay than in 83% of New York towns; that ratio is one input to that grade. Its typical home is the priciest on its borders; Chester is next at $538K.
In Blooming Grove, the median rent is $1,682 a month. The typical Blooming Grove home is worth about $628,000, up 4.5% in a year, 20% above the New York typical home. Also worth knowing: the share of households in Blooming Grove who own their home: 82%.
| Blooming Grove | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,682 a month | $1,098 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 82% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
135 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 15 properties have flooded more than once.
Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 64% of U.S. communities. Flood insurance has paid out on 135 claims in Blooming Grove since 1978. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 67% come from inland flooding and 9% from hurricanes. Federal aid has come to Blooming Grove households in 11 declared disasters; the latest was in 2021.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
6 within 15 miles of the center of Blooming Grove
About 5 of every 100 Blooming Grove residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Where Blooming Grove’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
3 places in Blooming Grove on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in New York, United States
Blooming Grove is a town in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 18,811 at the 2020 census. It is located in the central part of the county, southwest of Newburgh.
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10 towns share a border with Blooming Grove.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blooming Grove | #319 | B | D | A− | B | B+ |
| Woodbury · Woodbury | #305 | B | D | — | B | A |
| Monroe | #496 | C+ | D− | — | B | C+ |
| Chester | #181 | A− | C− | — | B+ | A |
| Mountain Lodge Park | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cornwall | #59 | A | D | A+ | A | A |
| South Blooming Grove | #731 | D− | D− | — | B | C− |
| New Windsor | #454 | C+ | D | B | C− | A− |
Woodbury, Monroe, Chester and South Blooming Grove report no FBI crime data of their own. Mountain Lodge Park isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Woodbury and Woodbury are one community, graded once. Compare Blooming Grove with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Blooming Grove grades B overall, better than 60% of U.S. towns and #319 of 745 in New York. It grades B+ for health, A− for safety and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
