Orange County > Palm Tree (town)

Palm Tree is a town in Orange County, in the Mid-Hudson region.

The village of Kiryas Joel became the town of Palm Tree in 2019, seceding from the town of Monroe.

2023 Median income for Orange County communities
American Community Survey, 2023
2000
Orange County home price index (FHFA)
1976–2024: Home prices rose about 893%.

263 145 26 1976 2024

The numbers at left represent an index, not dollar prices. The index is set to 100 in the year 2000.

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED)
Occupied housing units in Palm Tree
American Community Survey, 2023
Household types in Palm Tree
Married-couple families: 6,492 (98.4%) Married-couple families Male householder (no spouse): 8 (0.1%) Male householder (no spouse) Female householder (no spouse): 98 (1.5%) Female householder (no spouse) Householder living alone: 212 (78.2%) Householder living alone Householder not living alone: 59 (21.8%) Householder not living alone Family Nonfamily
ACS, 2023
Poverty rates by age group in Palm Tree

Pct 5 and under 41% Pct 6 to 17 45% Pct 18 to 64 39% Pct 65 and over 13%

The overall poverty rate in Palm Tree is 40 percent.
The highest rate is found among residents ages 6 to 17.
Year: 2023

ACS, 2023

Where residents of Palm Tree lived in the prior year

Same house: 33,132 (94.3%) Same county (different house): 1,736 (4.9%) 35,147 current residents Same house: 33,132 (94.3%) Same house Same county (different house): 1,736 (4.9%) Same county (different house) Different NY county: 173 (0.5%) Different NY county (under 1%) Different state: 72 (0.2%) Different state (under 1%) Abroad: 34 (0.1%) Abroad (under 1%)
U.S. Census ACS, 2023