April 11th, 2022
Our regional data point this week focuses on bridges owned by local municipalities – counties, towns, villages and cities. With an infusion of money from the federal infrastructure bill, many local governments will invest in bridges that […]
February 22, 2022
The number of people who speak a language other than English at home is increasing in the Hudson Valley. The same is true at a national and state level. In every county in the Hudson Valley region […]
February 15, 2022
A large portion of Hudson Valley households do not own a vehicle. Westchester County has the highest percent of vehicle-less households at 14%. With a robust public transportation system, Westchester may also be the easiest place to […]
February 8, 2022
Across the Hudson Valley a majority of housing units were built before 1970, and a significant portion pre-1939. That means majority of the homes we live in here in the Hudson Valley are more than 50 years […]
January 4th, 2022
The bipartisan infrastructure legislation (Infrastructure Investment Jobs Act) signed into law by President Biden in late 2021 commits $973 billion over five years to infrastructure funding. Approximately 29% of these funds ($284 billion) will go towards new […]
November 30, 2021
For the Thanksgiving holiday many people flew to their destination. On Sunday November 28th , TSA recorded the highest number of travelers in all of 2021. Checkpoint counts of travelers over the last three years show a […]
November 23, 2021
In preparation for the coming Thanksgiving holiday many people are stocking up on groceries. Overall grocery prices are up in part due to interruptions to the supply chain and the inflation rate of 5.7 % over the […]
October 19th, 2021
There has been a housing crisis in the Hudson Valley region for decades. During the housing boom before the Great Recession, the real estate market was thriving with prices at historic highs. The housing bubble burst and […]
October 12, 2021
According to the American Community Survey 5-Year Estimate, between 6% and 22% of Hudson Valley households (by county) had no internet service in 2019. The better connected counties were Putnam, Dutchess and Westchester. Yet even in Dutchess […]
October 5th, 2021
As of August 2021 the unemployment rate in the Hudson Valley* was 5.1%, down from 9.6% in August of 2020, when the economy was still reeling from the shutdowns of the pandemic. In August 2020 the statewide […]
