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Lorenz Park, New York.

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

Living in Lorenz Park, Columbia County, New York

Lorenz Park, in Columbia County, had 2,001 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Columbia County was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Columbia County work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 2,001 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Lorenz Park for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 3.4% Columbia County, August 2026; 3.5% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Lorenz Park for the Census survey to measure.
  • 827households
  • 17%below the poverty line
  • 18 mintypical commute

What people in Columbia County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care27%
  • Professional and business services13%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Banks, insurance and property7%
  • Manufacturing7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Columbia County had 20,909 jobs in 2025, 0.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 35° and 18°; warmest in July, 85° and 62° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 35° 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, 35° and 18°; warmest in July, 85° and 62° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 35° 18° F M A M J J 85° 62° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 35° and lows near 18°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 62°. About 31 inches of snow and 44 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Hudson Correctional Facility weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Columbia County

  1. Columbia Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital1,036FTE
  2. Kinderhook Central School DistrictSchool district332FTE
  3. Hudson City School DistrictSchool district316FTE
  4. Pine Haven Nursing & Rehabilitation CenterLong term health care300
  5. Chatham Central School DistrictSchool district275FTE
  6. Taconic Hills Central School DistrictSchool district254FTE
  7. Ginsberg's Foods HudsonGeneral-line groceries merchant wholesalers250
  8. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters244

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 37 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,298 people in all across the county; Lorenz Park has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (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. LightningRelatively high
  2. Inland floodingRelatively high
  3. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  4. Ice stormsRelatively moderate
  5. TornadoesRelatively moderate
  6. Strong windRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Lorenz Park’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Columbia County.