Plenty to like here, at a price. It does especially well on health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 91% of the country. The catch is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $522K, 5.3 years of the Kiryas Joel metro’s $98K median household income. All told, that adds up to a B+ overall and a rank of 243rd of 745 in New York. Set against the rest, it does better than 69% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings include Hudson River Heritage Historic District and Henry Delamater House. Just over a third of residents are 65 or older in Rhinebeck, above both the New York town median (20%) and the median of U.S. towns (18%). History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 98% of U.S. towns, with 42 places on the National Register.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places.
Hudson River Heritage Historic District · National Register of Historic Places
Rhinebeck’s story
192 years in pictures
Hudson River Heritage Historic District is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier. Its 42 National Register listings are more than in 97% of New York towns with a listing.
Census counts: 2,729 in 1820, a low of 1,322 in 1870, 2,697 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1739 and 4 maps from 1898 on.
Rhinebeck: 18% of adults have been diagnosed with depression. Against the New York average, Rhinebeck comes out ahead on 19 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 4.
Its A− is the best School Grade on its borders; Red Hook (B+) is next.
Its three schools are below. The largest public high school is Rhinebeck Senior High School, with 321 students. The public schools here belong to the Rhinebeck Central School District.
FEMA puts 73% of Rhinebeck’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 10% to hurricanes. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 75% of U.S. communities. Flood insurance has paid out on 5 claims here since 2006.
The biggest park or preserve is Drayton Grant Park at Burger Hill, at 76 acres. Count the trails in 6 parks and preserves and they come to 5.4 miles. The trail network density for Rhinebeck comes to 0.1 miles per square mile.
32.9% of workers work from home, against 14.9% across New York.
Since 2013, Rhinebeck has added 358 jobs, to 4,330 in 2023. Its average commute is 29 minutes. Most working residents leave Rhinebeck for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are New York (16%), Red Hook (6%) and Poughkeepsie (5%).
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Rhinebeck
New York towns
U.S. towns
Work from home
33%
12%
11%
Working residents who work in town
19%
10%
8%
Average trip to work
29 minutes
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25 minutes
Median household income
$93,000
$82,000
$80,000
Where working residents work
In Rhinebeck19%
New York16%
Red Hook6%
Poughkeepsie5%
Kingston4%
20 mi
median commute distance
4,330
jobs based in Rhinebeck
Balanced
jobs vs. working residents
A
Walkability grade: more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns
Rhinebeck is a village in the town of Rhinebeck in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 2,657 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh metropolitan area as well as the larger New York metropolitan area. The postal ZIP code is 12572. U.S. Route 9 passes through the village.
Milan has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Rhinebeck, Clinton, Esopus, Red Hook and Milan report no FBI crime data of their own. Port Ewen isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Rhinebeck with a neighbor →
Questions about Rhinebeck
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Rhinebeck, NY a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Rhinebeck grades B+ overall, better than 69% of U.S. towns and #243 of 745 in New York. It grades A for health and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Rhinebeck, NY expensive?
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.
What is Rhinebeck, NY known for?
14 notable people were born here, including Emma Roberts and Rufus Wainwright.
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