Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 11,025, settled in 1883.
West Haverstraw is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, 596th among New York's 745 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: it is healthier than 59% of U.S. towns. Expect to pay for it: the typical home is worth about $438K, 4.4 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. West Haverstraw is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 92% of U.S. towns. Only 118 of New York’s 1,187 towns score lower on civic life. West Haverstraw's schools rank behind 73% of the state's.
Where West Haverstraw beats most towns.
Where West Haverstraw’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far West Haverstraw is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 180 in 1890, 10,678 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1909 and 7 maps from 1892 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around West Haverstraw. Close and well known come first.
Big draw13 mi MuseumUnited States Military Academy
Big draw29 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw31 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw31 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw30 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 West Haverstraw, 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 West Haverstraw.
West Haverstraw’s concentration of trails is 0.7 miles per square mile. 1.0 miles of trail.
| West Haverstraw | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 6.7% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Half the trips to work are shorter than 10 miles. Since 2013, West Haverstraw has added 480 jobs, to 2,432 in 2023. Commuting out is the norm here: 4% of working residents work locally. Its average commute stands at 30 minutes.
| West Haverstraw | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 18% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.8% | 10% | 8% |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 93% of New York towns, with expected losses of about $114 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
FEMA puts 81% of West Haverstraw’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding. In West Haverstraw, the FEMA hazard score is 74 of 100. Paid flood insurance claims here since 1979: 18.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
West Haverstraw’s typical July afternoon high comes in at 85°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
27% of residents are under 18 in West Haverstraw. Children under 18 are 27% of residents (21% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 18% of residents (23% statewide). The age of the median resident for West Haverstraw comes to 38.4 years. The town has grown 3% since 2020, to 11,025 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| West Haverstraw | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 27% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 20% | 18% |
| Median age | 38.4 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.3 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| West Haverstraw | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 16.7% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.7% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.4% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.5% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.7% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.2% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 6.8% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 16.3% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.6% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.4% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.5% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.2% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 4% in value. West Haverstraw’s median rent stands at $1,803 a month, against $1,098 a month in New York’s towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. 58% of West Haverstraw households live in a home they own.
| West Haverstraw | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,803 a month | $1,098 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 58% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
15% of adults report frequent mental distress in West Haverstraw, where New York’s towns sit at 16% and U.S. towns at 17%. The share of adults in West Haverstraw who sleep under 7 hours: 46%. This New York town beats the New York average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. Among adults here, 16% have been diagnosed with depression and 37% feel lonely.
| West Haverstraw | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 37% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 21% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 32% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | West Haverstraw | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.2% | 7.7% |
| More uninsured adults | 12.4% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
25 within 15 miles of the center of West Haverstraw
About 6 of every 100 West Haverstraw residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
Village in New York, United States
West Haverstraw is a village incorporated in 1883 in the town of Haverstraw, Rockland County, New York, United States. It is located northwest of Haverstraw village, east of Thiells, south of the hamlet of Stony Point, and west of the Hudson River. As of the 2020 census, West Haverstraw had a population of 10,678. The majority of the hamlet of Garnerville is contained in the village of West Haverstraw.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
2 towns share a border with West Haverstraw.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Haverstraw | #596 | C− | C− | — | C | B |
| Thiells | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Haverstraw | #706 | D | D− | — | C | C |
West Haverstraw and Haverstraw report no FBI crime data of their own. Thiells isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare West Haverstraw with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
West Haverstraw grades C− overall, better than 24% of U.S. towns and #596 of 745 in New York. It grades B for health and C for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
_-_Full_(48124330357).jpg){kind=link}
_-_Central_Park,_NYC.jpg){kind=link}