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Entrance to Tuxedo Park, NY, June 2024
New York›Orange County

Tuxedo ParkNY

Population 619: a town settled in 1886.

Photo of Tuxedo Park

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Is Tuxedo Park a good place to live?

87% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Tuxedo Park, above both New York’s towns (32%) and U.S. towns (29%). Among 759 New York towns, just 6 have a lower share of residents below the poverty line than Tuxedo Park. The biggest park or preserve is Sterling Forest State Park, at 37 acres. Tuxedo Park has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.

Small town

619 people, and everyone knows the way

In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.

Nearby towns
Ice-skaters on ice in
Ice-skaters on ice in, 1904
Tuxedo Park’s story

140 years in pictures

Census counts: 723 in 1960, a peak of 861 in 1970, 645 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1890 and 3 maps from 1910 on.

  • 1886Tuxedo Park is settled
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Nearby attractions

United States Military Academy and 474 more within 40 miles

Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Tuxedo Park. Close and well known come first.

All 607 attractions →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo 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

Getting set up

Moving to Tuxedo Park: who provides what

Who provides power, water and the rest in Tuxedo Park, and how to reach them.

The full setup list →
PowerOrange & Rockland26.2¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterTuxedo Park VillageNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet3 providers96% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & dumpNot on file yetWe don’t have Tuxedo Park’s trash rules yet
SchoolsTuxedo Union Free School DistrictWhich school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn New York you can register online until 10 days before Election Day, in person until 10 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before and received 10 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereOrange County Board of ElectionsOrange County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Jun 2023
ZIP code1098710987 100%Census 2020

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 Tuxedo Park.

Housing

The typical home in Tuxedo Park: about $1.34M

The share of households in Tuxedo Park who are owner-occupiers: 91%. Values rose 7.9% in the 12 months to September 2026.

$1.34MZillow home value

Typical home value

Tuxedo Park$1.34M
New York$525K
+7.9%
value change, 1 year
1
homes sold in September

Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center

Climate

Tuxedo Park has four seasons and pleasant summers

July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 19° and about 36 inches of snow falls in a winter.

36″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter22–38°
Spring38–59°
Summer60–80°
Fall43–62°
Oct 17
typical first frost
Apr 25
typical last frost
+2.0°
vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Work & commute

Compared with most of New York and the rest of the country, the median household income in Tuxedo Park is higher

The top destinations are New York (29%), Ramapo (12%) and Tuxedo (7%). Tuxedo Park had 207 jobs in 2023, up 68 from 2013. The mean commuting time in the town is 40 minutes. Most people who work leave Tuxedo Park to do it: just 2% work in town.

2%work in town
Tuxedo ParkNew York townsU.S. towns
Average trip to work40 minutes25 minutes25 minutes
Median household income$250,000$82,000$80,000
Working residents who work in town1.5%10%8%

Where working residents work

In Tuxedo Park2%
New York29%
Ramapo12%
Tuxedo7%
Orangetown5%
22 mi
median commute distance
207
jobs based in Tuxedo Park
Balanced
jobs vs. working residents

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Safety

Crime reported in Tuxedo Park

In a town this small, a few incidents move the numbers a lot, so rates aren't shown.

Tuxedo Park is small, so we show counts rather than rates.

0
violent crimes reported in 2025
2
property crimes reported in 2025

FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police

Health

How healthy Tuxedo Park is

Among adults in Tuxedo Park, 28% feel lonely. The town beats the New York average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2.

Tuxedo ParkNew York townsU.S. towns
Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES)13%16%17%
Depression (CDC PLACES)17%21%23%
Feel lonely (CDC PLACES)28%32%33%
Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES)8.4%13%14%
32 measures vs. New York
17 better13 too close to call2 worse
What stands outTuxedo ParkNY
Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth5.4%12.8%
Fewer adults facing food insecurity7.7%17.2%
More adults who have had cancer11%7.7%
Good Samaritan Hospital of Suffern
7.1 mi away · emergency room
2 of 3
care shortages: primary care, mental health

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Outdoors

Conservation land takes up 2.5% of Tuxedo Park

Trails total 0.6 miles in 1 park or preserve. For Tuxedo Park, the density of trails is 0.2 miles per square mile.

2.5%conserved
Tuxedo ParkNew York townsU.S. towns
Miles of trail per square mile0.2 miles per square mile0.40.4
Conserved land2.5%5.2%4.3%
2.5%
conserved · 52 of 2,051 acres
0.6 mi
of trails · 0.2 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. Sterling Forest State Park0.1 mi37

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

Natural hazards

The biggest natural risk in Tuxedo Park is inland flooding, at a moderate overall level

Federal disaster aid has reached households in Tuxedo Park after 5 declared disasters, most recently in 2021. On expected storm and flood damage, Tuxedo Park sits below 52% of U.S. communities. 74% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by hurricanes at 9%. Flood insurance has paid one claim locally since 2012.

48risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
48Moderate riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingHurricanes
1
paid flood claims since 2012
5
federal disasters paid out here

FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Tuxedo Park

19pages on Tuxedo Park
After high school

Colleges nearby

18 within 15 miles of the center of Tuxedo Park

Famous people from Tuxedo Park

6 notable people were born in Tuxedo Park.

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About Tuxedo Park

Village in New York, United States

Official town website ↗

Tuxedo Park is a village in Orange County, New York, United States. Its population was 645 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh metropolitan area as well as the larger New York metropolitan area. Its name is derived from an indigenous Lenape word ptukwsiit (Munsee dialect) or tùkwsit (Unami dialect), meaning "round foot" or Wolf Clan. While there exists an alternative theory regarding the Munsee word p'tuxseepu, which is said to mean 'crooked water' or 'crooked river', the Unami name for this location survives: tùkwsitu, "place of the Wolf-Clan People". Tuxedo Park is a gated village in the southern part of the town of Tuxedo, near New York Route 17 and th…

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Established
1886
Area
3.2 sq mi
Elevation
407 ft
ZIP code
10987

Questions about Tuxedo Park

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Tuxedo Park, NY a good place to live?

Tuxedo Park has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.

What is Tuxedo Park, NY known for?

6 notable people were born here, including Alfred Loomis and Dorothy Draper.