Stony Point (CDP), New York
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Stony Point is a
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and
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in the town of Stony Point,
Rockland County Rockland County is the southernmost county on the west side of the Hudson River in the U.S. state of New York. It is part of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county's population is 338,329, making it the state's ...
,
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, United States. A small portion of the census-designated place is located within the town of Haverstraw. It is located north of
West Haverstraw 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 R ...
, east of Harriman State Park, south of Tomkins Cove, and west of the
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. The population was 12,147 at the 2010 census. The community is in the eastern part of the town of Stony Point.


Geography

Stony Point is located at (41.226361, -73.99293). According to the
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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 18.64%, is water. Stony Point is home to Camp Bullowa, a
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camp.


Demographics

As of the
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of 2000, there were 11,744 people, 3,991 households, and 3,160 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 4,074 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.25%
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, 1.37%
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or
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, 0.14% Native American, 1.39% Asian, 0.03%
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, 1.61% from other races, and 1.22% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 7.06% of the population. There were 3,991 households, out of which 38.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.1% were
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living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.8% were non-families. 17.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.91 and the average family size was 3.31. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 25.9% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 12.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.0 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $71,017, and the median income for a family was $82,124. Males had a median income of $55,014 versus $35,974 for females. The
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for the CDP was $27,975. About 1.9% of families and 3.6% of the population were below the
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, including 2.7% of those under age 18 and 10.3% of those age 65 or over.


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Wayne Hose Company #1
volunteer fire department serving Stony Point
Stony Point Police Department

Camp Bullowa
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