Official Name: | Firthcliffe, New York |
Settlement Type: | CDP |
Pushpin Map: | New York |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of New York |
Mapsize: | 260px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | New York |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Orange |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 7.78 |
Area Land Km2: | 7.69 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.09 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.01 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.97 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.04 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 5022 |
Population Density Km2: | 652.86 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 1690.91 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation M: | 91 |
Elevation Ft: | 299 |
Coordinates: | 41.44°N -74.0339°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 36-25857 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0950117 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Firthcliffe is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Orange County, New York United States. The population was 5,022 at the 2020 Census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie - Newburgh - Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York - Newark - Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area.
Firthcliffe is in the Town of Cornwall.
Firthcliffe is located at (41.440084, -74.033783).[2]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3sqmi, of which, 3sqmi of it is land and 0.04sqmi of it (0.99%) is water.
Firthcliffe is named after the now defunct Firth Carpet Company, located on Mill Street, that built many of the homes on Firth street in the Firthcliffe area of the Town of Cornwall.
As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 4,970 people, 1,965 households, and 1,349 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1649sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 2,065 housing units at an average density of 685.1sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.35% White, 1.19% African American, 0.12% Native American, 1.11% Asian, 1.41% from other races, and 1.83% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.32% of the population.
There were 1,965 households, out of which 34.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.6% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.3% were non-families. 27.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.10.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 27.0% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 15.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.8 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $55,125, and the median income for a family was $65,795. Males had a median income of $46,742 versus $32,476 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $24,894. About 4.4% of families and 6.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.7% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over.