Wappingers Falls is a somewhat small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 6,064 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Wappingers Falls is the 273rd largest community in New York.Wappingers Falls is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 85.02% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Wappingers Falls is a village of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wappingers Falls who work in sales jobs (14.07%), office and administrative support (9.75%), and food service (8.33%). 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.50% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The percentage of adults in Wappingers Falls who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.37% of the adults in Wappingers Falls have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Wappingers Falls in 2022 was $34,991, which is lower middle income relative to New York, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $139,964 for a family of four. However, Wappingers Falls contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Wappingers Falls is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Wappingers Falls home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wappingers Falls residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or 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 21.21% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wappingers Falls include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Wappingers Falls is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
