Red Oaks MillNY
A town of 3,254.
Is Red Oaks Mill a good place to live?
Among 759 New York towns, just 1 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Red Oaks Mill. We don’t grade Red Oaks Mill yet; the figures below are still real.
100% of working residents leave Red Oaks Mill for work
Where Red Oaks Mill’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
United States Military Academy and 51 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Red Oaks Mill. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi MuseumUnited States Military Academy
8 mi National Historic SiteHome of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site102K visitors a year
11 mi National Historic SiteVanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site295K visitors a year
18 mi Stadium & arenaMichie Stadium
24 mi LakeCandlewood Lake9 mi MuseumFranklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and MuseumPhoto credits
United States Military Academy: USMA Public Affairs Office, Public domain · Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site: Crunch, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site: Daderot, Public domain · Michie Stadium: John Pellino, Public domain · Candlewood Lake: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain
Moving to Red Oaks Mill: who provides what
Red Oaks Mill is unincorporated, so Dutchess 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 Red Oaks Mill.
Red Oaks Mill stands out in New York and nationally: a smaller share of its residents live below the poverty line
2.4% of residents live below the poverty line in Red Oaks Mill, below both New York’s towns (9.5%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Red Oaks Mill’s median household income is $116,000. Since 2013, Red Oaks Mill has lost 94 jobs, to 514 in 2023.
| Red Oaks Mill | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $116,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.4% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 10% | 12% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More middle-aged adults than New York overall
For Red Oaks Mill, that is above both the New York town median (32%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Adults 35 to 64 are 50% of residents (39% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (23% statewide). The median age in Red Oaks Mill is 46.9 years.
| Red Oaks Mill | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 50% | 32% | 29% |
| Median age | 46.9 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 17% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 20% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 32% and 63% women
The Census survey reached too few of Red Oaks Mill’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±15.1 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Red Oaks Mill | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.4% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.6% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.4% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.4% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 24.6% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.7% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.9% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.5% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 15% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.7% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 15.6% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.1% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 31.1% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,300, single groups can be off by several points
Red Oaks Mill has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Red Oaks Mill has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 18° and about 58 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Red Oaks Mill
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 65% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
How healthy Red Oaks Mill is
Red Oaks Mill beats the New York average on 16 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 26% of Red Oaks Mill adults have obesity.
| Red Oaks Mill | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 33% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.4% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Red Oaks Mill | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.1% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9% | 14.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.3% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Red Oaks Mill Park | — | 10 |
| 2. MacGhee Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Compared with most of New York and the rest of the country, more of Red Oaks Mill’s households own their home
99% of households own their home in Red Oaks Mill.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Red Oaks Mill
Colleges nearby
6 within 15 miles of the center of Red Oaks Mill
About 3 of every 100 Red Oaks Mill residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
About Red Oaks Mill
Census-designated place in New York, United States
Red Oaks Mill is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Dutchess County, in the U.S. state of New York. It lies within the limits of the towns of Poughkeepsie and LaGrange. As of the 2020 census, Red Oaks Mill had a population of 3,810. Red Oaks Mill is southeast of the city of Poughkeepsie and can be considered a suburb of the city. It is part of the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie–Newburgh, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, New York-New Jersey-Connecticut-Pennsylvania Combined Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 2.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 167 ft
Red Oaks Mill’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Red Oaks Mill.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Oaks Mill | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Spackenkill | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poughkeepsie | #406 | B− | D | C | B | A− |
| LaGrange | #338 | B | C− | — | B− | A |
| Wappinger | #277 | B+ | D | — | B+ | A |
| Titusville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
LaGrange and Wappinger report no FBI crime data of their own. Red Oaks Mill, Spackenkill and Titusville aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Red Oaks Mill with a neighbor →
Questions about Red Oaks Mill
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Red Oaks Mill, NY a good place to live?
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