Land area: 1.0 sq. mi.
Founded: 1920
Population in 2014: 2,468 (100% urban, 0% rural).
Population density: 2,516 people per square mile.
County seat: Goshen.
Colleges and Universities: United States Military Academy, Rockland Community College, Mount Saint Mary College, Orange County Community College, Nyack College, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mercy College
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Harriman is a village in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 2,424 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area.The Village of Harriman is in the southeast part of the Town of Monroe, with a small part in the Town of Woodbury.The village is named after E. H. Harriman, former president of the Union Pacific railroad. Previously, it was known as Turner, from the early restaurant of Peter Turner.Edward Henry Harriman attended school in New York and New Jersey, but dropped out when he was 14 years old and took on the job of Wall Street message boy. He swiftly became a managing clerk, and then at the age of 22 he became a stockbroker with a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. He married Mary Williamson Averell and by 1881 his career as a rebuilder of bankrupt tracks began on the Lake Ontario Southern railroad which Harriman fixed up and sold to the Pennsylvania Railroad for an outstanding profit. He became one of the most powerful men in America from owning various railroads with aspirations of owning all of them. Harriman went on a voyage which became known as the Harriman Alaska Expedition. In 1899, Harriman along with a superior group of scientists, photographers, artists, and naturalists set out to explore the coast of Alaska. This was a two-month expedition traveling from Seattle to Siberia, and then back again. He visited and documented several different places along the Alaskan coast with various discoveries he brought back to Seattle at the end of the voyage on July 30. E.H. Harriman died September 9, at his home at age 62.
There are 2 airports and 3 Amtrak train stations within 30 miles of the Harriman city center.
The average travel time to work in Harriman is 42% higher than the national average.
The number of people who take public transportation in Harriman is 145% higher than the national average.
The number of people who carpool to work in Harriman is 79% higher than the national average.
The number of people who work from home in Harriman is 2% lower than the national average.
White resident population recorded: 1,621 Black or African American resident population recorded: 325 American Indian and Alaska native resident population recorded: 18 Asian resident population recorded: 251 Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander resident population recorded: 1 Hispanic or Latino of any race resident population recorded: 439 Resident population of some other race recorded: 125 Resident population of two or more races recorded: 83
51.54% of the residents are Democratic, 47.4% are Republican, and the remaining 1.062% are Independent
Median resident age: 35.0 years
New York median age: 38.2 years
Harriman: 2.5 people
New York: 2.6 people
Harriman: $64,923 (it was $60,089 in 2000)
New York: $57,369
Median gross rent in 2013: $1,367.
Harriman: $220,719 (it was $133,000 in 2000)
New York: $277,600
Mean prices in 2013: All housing units: $279,291; Detached houses: $287,696; Townhouses or other attached units: $271,356; In 2-unit structures: $346,589; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $207,589; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $228,396; Mobile homes: $50,771
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2013 was 78.1. This is about average.
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2013 was 0.716. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 10.5 miles away from the city center.
Ozone [ppb] level in 2013 was 27.7. This is about average. Closest monitor was 5.9 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µg/m3] level in 2013 was 7.19. This is better than average. Closest monitor was 15.0 miles away from the city center.
Lead (Pb) [µg/m3] level in 2008 was 0.0187. This is worse than average. Closest monitor was 15.4 miles away from the city center.
Here: 4.7%
New York: 4.8%
The overall crime rate in Harriman is 59% lower than the national average.
For every 100,000 people, there are 3.31 daily crimes that occur in Harriman.
Harriman is safer than 83% of the cities in the United States.
In Harriman you have a 1 in 83 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.
The number of total year over year crimes in Harriman has increased by 48%