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Brinckerhoff, New York.

A community in Dutchess County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Dutchess County’s.

Living in Brinckerhoff, Dutchess County, New York

Brinckerhoff, in Dutchess County, had 3,377 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $101,927 a year and half less, against $99,478 across Dutchess County; 4% of its people live below the poverty line. 87% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 13% are rented. Unemployment in Dutchess County was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 3.4% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Dutchess County work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 3,377 in the 2020 census
Household income $101,927 the median, give or take $7,869 · Dutchess County: $99,478
Unemployment 3.9% Dutchess County, August 2026; 3.7% a year before
Homes 87% lived in by their owners; 13% rented
  • 1,169households
  • 36%of adults have a degree
  • 4%below the poverty line
  • 35 mintypical commute
  • 11%work from home

What people in Dutchess County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care30%
  • Professional and business services11%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Manufacturing7%
  • Building trades6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Dutchess County had 116,699 jobs in 2025, 3.4% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 36° and 18°; warmest in July, 85° and 62° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 36° 18° F M A M J J 85° 62° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 36° and 18°; warmest in July, 85° and 62° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 36° 18° F M A M J J 85° 62° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 36° and lows near 18°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 62°. About 42 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Poughkeepsie Dutchess County Airport weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Dutchess County

  1. Vassar Brothers Medical CenterGeneral hospital2,423FTE
  2. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage2,382
  3. Dutchess County GovernmentExecutive offices, federal, state, and local1,787
  4. Wappingers Central School DistrictSchool district1,737FTE
  5. Arlington Central School DistrictSchool district1,519FTE
  6. Marist CollegeUniversity or college1,244
  7. Vassar CollegeUniversity or college1,227
  8. Bard CollegeUniversity or college1,046

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 190 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 29,290 people in all across the county; Brinckerhoff has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  2. Strong windRelatively moderate
  3. Inland floodingRelatively moderate
  4. LightningRelatively moderate
  5. Winter weatherRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Brinckerhoff’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Dutchess County.