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A town of 15,335, settled in 1865.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Stony Point grades B overall, ranked 280th of 745 in New York. It has 81 miles of trail and 60% conserved land. It is healthier than 91% of U.S. towns and it reports less crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns. The catch is cost: homes are expensive, about $660K for a typical one and 6.7 times the New York metro’s $99K median household income. 60% of the land in Stony Point is conserved, against 5.2% in New York’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Harriman State Park, at 7,318 acres with 40.9 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. On history, just 83 of New York’s 1,216 towns do worse.
Where Stony Point beats most towns.
Stony Point Battlefield is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 3,205 in 1870, a low of 3,205 in 1870, 14,813 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1779 and 5 maps from 1938 on.
8 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Stony Point is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Stony Point. Close and well known come first.
Big draw10 mi MuseumUnited States Military Academy
Big draw33 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw31 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw34 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw33 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a yearUnited States Military Academy: USMA Public Affairs Office, Public domain · 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 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Stony Point, 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 Stony Point.
Stony Point keeps more of its land conserved than most of New York and has less food insecurity than most of New York, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of New York.
Its 12,008 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 99% of New York towns. Its A+ for the outdoors ranks #2 of 758 in New York.
At 2.6 miles per square mile, Stony Point’s trail density is where New York’s towns sit at 0.4 and U.S. towns at 0.4. 81 miles of trail in 7 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Harriman State Park | 40.9 mi | 7,318 |
| 2. Bear Mountain State Park | 32.5 mi | 3,649 |
| 3. Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site | 0.7 mi | 82 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by Haverstraw-Stony Point CSD. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Point Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–3 | Grades K–3 | 666 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with New York is food insecurity: 10.3% of its 6,969 adults worry about having enough food, against 17.2% statewide.
18% of Stony Point adults have been diagnosed with depression. Stony Point beats the New York average on 13 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 14% of Stony Point adults report frequent mental distress.
| Stony Point | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 33% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.4% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Stony Point | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.3% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.5% | 8.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.1% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Reported crimes fell from 70 to 40 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 3 reported in 2025, 0.2 per 1,000 residents.
The property crime rate in Stony Point is 2.5 per 1,000 residents.
| Stony Point | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.5 per 1,000 residents | 7.6 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.2 per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Most working residents leave Stony Point for work: only 8% work in town. Stony Point’s average trip to work is 35 minutes. Jobs based in Stony Point fell to 2,296 in 2023, 322 fewer than in 2013.
| Stony Point | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 35 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $127,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At 6.7 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $660K) costs more against local pay than in 85% of New York towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living. 73.4% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 52.1% across New York.
85% of households own their home in Stony Point. The typical Stony Point home is worth about $660,000, up 4.2% in a year, 26% above the New York typical home.
| Stony Point | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,830 a month | $1,098 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 85% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Stony Point has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 19° and about 36 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 63% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 77 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Stony Point.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the New York average. Stony Point has grown 3.5% since 2020, to 15,335 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 38% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 40% across New York.
| Stony Point | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 38% | 32% | 29% |
| Median age | 43.6 years | 42.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 21% | 20% | 22% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.2 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Stony Point | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.6% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.3% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.1% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.5% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.7% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.4% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.2% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.2% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.4% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.5% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.4% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.5% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.7% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 17.5% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
24 within 15 miles of the center of Stony Point
About 6 of every 100 Stony Point residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
59.6% of the town is conserved land, across 7 parks and preserves.
8 places in Stony Point on the National Register of Historic Places.
4 notable people were born in Stony Point.
Town in New York, United States
Stony Point is a town situated in the northeastern corner of Rockland County, New York, located within the Hudson Valley and the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 United States Census, the town's population was 14,813. Geographically, the town is bounded to the north and west by Orange County, to the east by the Hudson River and Westchester County, and to the south by the Town of Haverstraw. The town's name is derived from a prominent projection into the Hudson River, which served as a significant site during the American Revolution. Stony Point is characterized as the most rural of the county's five towns. It is served by several major transportation arteries, including U.S. Route…
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9 towns share a border with Stony Point.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Point | #280 | B | D | A | C | A |
| Haverstraw | #470 | C+ | D | — | C+ | A− |
| Cortlandt | #155 | A− | D | — | A− | A |
| Verplanck | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Peekskill | #495 | C+ | D− | B− | C− | A− |
| Montrose | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Highlands | #173 | A− | D | A+ | B | — |
| Buchanan | #120 | A | D | — | B+ | A+ |
Haverstraw, Cortlandt and Buchanan report no FBI crime data of their own. Verplanck and Montrose aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Stony Point with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Stony Point grades B overall, better than 65% of U.S. towns and #280 of 745 in New York. It grades A for health, A for safety and C 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.
4 notable people were born here, including Stephanie Courtney and Daniel J. Miller.
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