Wappingers Falls is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 4,948 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Wappingers Falls is the 386th largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Wappingers Falls was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.

Unlike some villages, Wappingers Falls isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Wappingers Falls are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wappingers Falls is a village of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Wappingers Falls who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.75%), sales jobs (11.01%), and food service (7.18%).

Also of interest is that Wappingers Falls has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Wappingers Falls is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

In Wappingers Falls, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day even though Wappingers Falls is a relatively small village. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

Wappingers Falls Information and Demographics

The education level of Wappingers Falls citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 19.01% of adults in Wappingers Falls have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Wappingers Falls in 2000 was $20,491, which is middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $81,964 for a family of four.

Wappingers Falls is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Wappingers Falls home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Wappingers Falls is White, followed by African-American. Wappingers Falls also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.84% of the village's residents. Important ancestries of people in Wappingers Falls include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and English.

Wappingers Falls also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.65%.

The languages spoken by people in Wappingers Falls are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Wappingers Falls is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Italian, and Vietnamese.