Sleepy Hollow LakeNY
With 1,354 residents, it is a town in New York.
Is Sleepy Hollow Lake a good place to live?
Sleepy Hollow Lake’s median age is 52.1 years, against 43 years in New York’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. Only one of the 759 New York towns we compare has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Sleepy Hollow Lake. We don’t grade Sleepy Hollow Lake yet; the figures below are still real.
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Sleepy Hollow Lake.
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Sleepy Hollow Lake’s workers commute out
Half of commuters travel less than 24 miles. Employers in Sleepy Hollow Lake shed 299 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 140. Its average commute stands at 32 minutes. The top destinations are Albany (11%), Coxsackie (11%) and New York (9%).
| Sleepy Hollow Lake | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $110,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More middle-aged adults than New York overall
Among residents in Sleepy Hollow Lake, 25% are 65 or older. Adults 35 to 64 are nearly half of residents (39% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (23% statewide). 48% of adults 25 and older hold at least a bachelor’s degree, against 40% across New York.
| Sleepy Hollow Lake | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 48% | 32% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 25% | 20% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±9.2 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women. Among residents 25 to 34, 93% are women (NY 50%).
| Sleepy Hollow Lake | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 5.7% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.2% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.3% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.1% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.2% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.3% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 21.6% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15.8% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.9% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.8% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.3% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 7.8% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.2% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.3% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 23.6% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,400, single groups can be off by several points
Four seasons and pleasant summers: that is Sleepy Hollow Lake’s year
July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 17° and about 31 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Sleepy Hollow Lake is
In Sleepy Hollow Lake, 16% of adults report frequent mental distress. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Sleepy Hollow Lake is ahead of New York on 8 and behind on 5.
| Sleepy Hollow Lake | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 81% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| What stands out | Sleepy Hollow Lake | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.6% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.4% | 14.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.5% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Sleepy Hollow Lake: inland flooding
The FEMA risk score for Sleepy Hollow Lake comes to 53 of 100. FEMA puts 77% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 9% to hurricanes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A larger share of households in Sleepy Hollow Lake live in a home they own than in the typical New York or U.S. town
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Sleepy Hollow Lake
Olana State Historic Site and 54 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sleepy Hollow Lake. Close and well known come first.
6 mi MuseumOlana State Historic Site
37 mi National Historic SiteHome of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site102K visitors a year
15 mi WaterfallKaaterskill Falls
26 mi TheatreTanglewood
35 mi National Historic SiteVanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site295K visitors a year
24 mi MuseumNorman Rockwell MuseumPhoto credits
Olana State Historic Site: Netniks, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site: Crunch, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kaaterskill Falls: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tanglewood: Daderot., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site: Daderot, Public domain · Norman Rockwell Museum: User:Rmrfstar, CC BY 2.5
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Moving to Sleepy Hollow Lake: who provides what
Sleepy Hollow Lake is unincorporated, so Greene 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.
100% of working residents leave Sleepy Hollow Lake for work
Where Sleepy Hollow Lake’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Sleepy Hollow Lake
About 4 of every 100 Sleepy Hollow Lake residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
About Sleepy Hollow Lake
Place
Sleepy Hollow Lake is a recreational lake and residential community (and census-designated place) in Greene County, New York, United States, located 120 miles north of New York City and 28 miles south of Albany in the Hudson River Valley. The lake is a two and one-half mile long, 324 acre, 70 foot deep man-made, Class “A” drinking water reservoir for the neighboring communities. It is surrounded by a 2,200 acre residential community, also known as “Sleepy Hollow Lake”, which is a Planned Unit Development (PUD) that self-governs residential land use, maintains common roads, parks, beaches, and other recreational facilities, operates most of the development's sewer and water services, and pro…
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- Area
- 1.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 69 ft
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