Pine Plains, New York.
. Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,478 (+116%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- New York$2,755
- United States$1,922
Living in Pine Plains, Dutchess County, New York
Pine Plains, in Dutchess County, had 1,142 people in the 2020 census. 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.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Pine Plains is a small community in Dutchess County, with a population that fits comfortably in a single village center and the farmland around it. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, and summers turn warm in July. Rain and melted snow are steady through the year, so the seasons are clearly marked.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, and in professional and business services, with shops, restaurants and hotels also employing a good number. Across Dutchess County, some of the largest workplaces are Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Dutchess County Government and Marist College. The typical commute is moderate, and some residents work from home.
Things to do. Thompson Pond, a lake in or beside town, is the closest place to spend time outdoors, and Lake Taghkanic State Park, a protected area, is a short drive away. For a longer outing, the Norman Rockwell Museum and the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum are both a longer drive away.
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- 447households
- 4%below the poverty line
- 28 mintypical commute
- 10%work from home
What people in Dutchess County work in
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
Coldest in January, with highs near 34° and lows near 14°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 60°. About 50 inches of snow and 43 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Copake weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Dutchess County
- Vassar Brothers Medical CenterGeneral hospital2,423FTE
- AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage2,382
- Dutchess County GovernmentExecutive offices, federal, state, and local1,787
- Wappingers Central School DistrictSchool district1,737FTE
- Arlington Central School DistrictSchool district1,519FTE
- Marist CollegeUniversity or college1,244
- Vassar CollegeUniversity or college1,227
- 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; Pine Plains 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
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Pine Plains’ 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 and the Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY metro.
Pine Plains home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Pine Plains listings — the market is roughly in balance.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Pine Plains18.97%
- United States26.36%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Pine Plains21
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Pine Plains6
Zip codes with a Pine Plains address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Pine Plains — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.