New York · Census place 3660895

Red Hook, New York

Red Hook is a village in Dutchess County, New York with an estimated 1,956 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 307th largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,956
#307 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
-0.9%
-17 people
Land area
1.1 sq mi
Density
1,845 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: Red Hook. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

Red Hook population, 2020 to 2024

Red Hook lost 17 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +0.

1,97320201,97520211,96420221,95620231,9562024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,975. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Red Hook covers 1.06 square miles of land, for 1,845 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Red Hook is less dense than the typical town.

What county Red Hook is in

All of Red Hook's residents live in Dutchess County, which had 299,963 residents in 2024. Red Hook holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Red Hook

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Red Hook by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 12571. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Red Hook is

The Census internal point of Red Hook is at 41.995800, -73.876500. Albany, the capital, is 45.8 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rhinebeck, NY (2,586 people), 5.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Albany, NY, 46.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.995800, -73.876500
DMS
41°59'44.88"N 73°52'35.40"W
UTM
18N 593052.4E 4649920.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
87H8X4WF+8C

Daylight in Red Hook

At 42.00° N, Red Hook gets about 15 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 08 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Red Hook

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Tivoli, 4.6 miles away, with 1,019 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Red Hook, NY?

1,956 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 17 (0.9%) from 1,973 in July 2020.

What county is Red Hook in?

Dutchess County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Red Hook?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 12571.

How far is Red Hook from Albany?

45.8 miles (73.7 km) in a straight line, heading N from Red Hook.

What is the nearest larger city to Red Hook?

Rhinebeck, NY, with 2,586 residents, 5.0 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.