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Congers
New York (NY), 10920
Congers is a hamlet (and a census-designated place) in Rockland County, New York, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 8,303. Congers is in the Town of Clarkstown. Congers has two elementary schools, Congers Elementary and Lakewood Elementary. Students from these schools will attend Felix Festa Middle School and then Clarkstown North High School. Congers is also the home of the Rockland Country Day School, which accepts students in grades K-12 and was founded in 1959.
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Demographics for Congers, NY:
As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 8,303 people, 2,695 households, and 2,244 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 2,635.9 per square mile (1,017.7/kmē). There were 2,743 housing units at an average density of 870.8/sq mi (336.2/kmē). The racial makeup of the CDP was 85.23% White, 1.77% African American, 0.18% Native American, 8.64% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 2.08% from other races, and 1.99% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.64% of the population.
There were 2,695 households out of which 40.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.3% were married couples living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.7% were non-families. 13.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.05 and the average family size was 3.36.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 26.1% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 26.6% from 45 to 64, and 10.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.6 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $79,493, and the median income for a family was $85,821. Males had a median income of $58,203 versus $40,562 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $30,118. About 2.2% of families and 2.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.5% of those under age 18 and 0.7% of those age 65 or over.
Landmarks & Places of Interest Congers, NY:
- Dr. Davies Farm - The farmhouse, part of a 450-acre (1.8 kmē) farm that ran from Rockland Lake to the Hudson River was built in 1836 and is of the early frontier federalist style. In 1891 Arthur B. Davies and Dr. Lucy Meriwether married and purchased what is now the Davies home farm for $6500.00. Lucy Meriweather Davies, M.D., a relative of Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and a general practitioner who in her time, delivered a significant part of Rockland's population: 7,000 babies. She also farmed the land which her descendants operate today. In 2007 the present Davies owners gifted with no tax benefits 6-8 acres of its property to Rockland Center for the Arts - (RoCA) located in West Nyack, New York.
- Rockland Lake Museum - Rockland Lake State Park - Open all year, but call the office in advance to make sure someone can unlock the room in which the exhibit is contained. Free. Exhibits releating to the local ice industry and community life in Rockland Lake Village, including ice harvesting tools.
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