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Viola, New York.

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

Living in Viola, Rockland County, New York

Viola, in Rockland County, had 8,208 people in the 2020 census. 60% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 40% are rented. Unemployment in Rockland County was 3.8% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.

People 8,208 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Viola for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 3.8% Rockland County, August 2026; 3.8% a year before
Homes 60% lived in by their owners; 40% rented
  • 2,406households
  • 37%of adults have a degree
  • 21%below the poverty line
  • 23%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care44%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment11%
  • Banks, insurance and property10%
  • Professional and business services8%
  • Building trades7%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities5%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Rockland County had 138,234 jobs in 2025, 0.1% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 38° and 20°; warmest in July, 84° and 64° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 38° 20° F M A M J J 84° 64° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 38° and 20°; warmest in July, 84° and 64° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 38° 20° F M A M J J 84° 64° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 38° and lows near 20°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 64°. About 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Wanaque Raymond Dam weather station, 12 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Viola

  1. Rockland Community CollegeTwo-year college892
  2. Joe Lombardo Plumbing & Heating of RocklandAir vent installation47
  3. Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of RocklandUniversity or college30
  4. Compass Group29

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 613 people in all. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24). 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. Strong windRelatively high
  2. Winter weatherRelatively high
  3. Inland floodingRelatively high
  4. EarthquakesRelatively moderate
  5. LightningRelatively moderate
  6. Cold wavesRelatively moderate

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