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Gardnertown, New York.

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

Living in Gardnertown, Orange County, New York

Gardnertown, in Orange County, had 4,542 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $113,277 a year and half less, against $97,178 across Orange County; 5% of its people live below the poverty line. 83% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 17% are rented. Unemployment in Orange County was 4.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Orange County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 4,542 in the 2020 census; median age 43.3
Household income $113,277 the median, give or take $16,141 · Orange County: $97,178
Unemployment 4.3% Orange County, August 2026; 4.4% a year before
Homes 83% lived in by their owners; 17% rented
  • 1,711households
  • 21%of adults have a degree
  • 5%below the poverty line
  • 34 mintypical commute
  • 10%work from home

What people in Orange County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care28%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Professional and business services10%
  • Building trades7%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities6%
  • Manufacturing6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Orange County had 154,905 jobs in 2025, 0.4% fewer 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 16°; warmest in July, 85° and 61° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 36° 16° F M A M J J 85° 61° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 36° and 16°; warmest in July, 85° and 61° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 36° 16° F M A M J J 85° 61° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 36° and lows near 16°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 61°. About 44 inches of snow and 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Walden Ese weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Gardnertown

  1. CintasIndustrial launderers148
  2. Newburgh WindustrialPlumbing supplies merchant wholesalers98
  3. R Brewer LandscapingLandscaping services28
  4. Titan RoofingRoofing contractors28
  5. AVI FoodsystemsVending machine operators24
  6. Mirabito HoldingsHeating oil dealers20

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 6 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 346 people in all. 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. Winter weatherRelatively moderate
  3. Inland floodingRelatively moderate
  4. Strong windRelatively moderate
  5. Cold wavesRelatively moderate
  6. LightningRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Gardnertown’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 Orange County.