ThiellsNY
A town chartered in 1784, now home to 4,475 people.
Is Thiells a good place to live?
Thiells’ middle household income is $134,000, above both New York’s towns ($82,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). We don’t grade Thiells yet; the figures below are still real.
United States Military Academy and 497 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Thiells. Close and well known come first.
Big draw13 mi MuseumUnited States Military Academy
Big draw29 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw31 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw30 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a yearPhoto credits
United 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
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Moving to Thiells: who provides what
Thiells is unincorporated, so Rockland 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 Thiells.
A typical Thiells home is worth about $760K
Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 6.3% in value. The median rent for Thiells comes to $1,755 a month. Thiells: 94% of households live in a home they own.
| Thiells | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 94% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,755 a month | $1,101 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Four seasons and pleasant summers: that is Thiells’ year
July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 20° and about 36 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Thiells stands out in New York and nationally: a smaller share of its residents live below the poverty line
The top destinations are New York (18%), Clarkstown (15%) and Haverstraw (14%). Thiells’ mean commuting time stands at 32 minutes. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Thiells dropped by 1,001, to 2,234. Most people who work leave Thiells to do it: just 7% work in town.
| Thiells | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2.5% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.7% | 10% | 8% |
| Work from home | 13% | 12% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazards: low risk in Thiells, mostly inland flooding
Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 64% of U.S. communities. Paid flood insurance claims in Thiells since 1978: 24. FEMA puts nearly three quarters of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 5% to cold waves.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
How healthy Thiells is
The share of adults in Thiells who smoke cigarettes: 8.6%. Two figures for adults here: 13% report frequent mental distress, 11% report frequent physical distress.
| Thiells | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 21% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.6% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Thiells | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.7% | 12.8% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.9% | 17.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Fewer middle-aged adults than New York overall
23% of residents are under 18 in Thiells. Adults 35 to 64 are 34% of residents (39% statewide). Four-year graduates: just over two in five adults 25 and older here, 40% across New York.
| Thiells | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 41% | 32% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 23% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Median age | 39.8 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 126 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3 points). Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Thiells | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.8% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.4% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.1% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 18.5% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.6% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.3% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.6% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.8% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.1% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.1% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.7% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.7% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.2% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 17.2% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,500, single groups can be off by several points
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. High Tor State Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Thiells
Colleges nearby
25 within 15 miles of the center of Thiells
About 4 of every 100 Thiells residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
About Thiells
Census-designated place in New York, United States
Thiells, known as Thiell's Corner in the 1850s, is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Haverstraw, Rockland County, New York, United States. It is located north of Mount Ivy, east of Pomona, south of Tomkins Cove, and west of Garnerville. The population was 5,240 as of the 2020 census. During the American Revolution, Thiells was known as Haverstraw Forge, where General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, leading 1,350 Continental Army troops, was able to watch the area of Stony Point.
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- Area
- 1.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 276 ft
- ZIP code
- 10984
Thiells’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Thiells.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thiells | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| West Haverstraw | #596 | C− | C− | — | C | B |
| Mount Ivy | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Haverstraw | #470 | C+ | D | — | C+ | A− |
| Stony Point | #280 | B | D | A | C | A |
West Haverstraw and Haverstraw report no FBI crime data of their own. Thiells and Mount Ivy aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Thiells with a neighbor →
Questions about Thiells
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Thiells, NY a good place to live?
We don’t grade Thiells yet; the figures below are still real.