Walk Bike Dutchess Chapter 5.5: Harlem Valley Valley towns are all quite low density: the Towns of Dover and Pawling each have about 150 residents per square mile, the Town For this Plan, the Harlem Valley is defined as the communities of Amenia has about 100 residents per square mile, and the Town along the eastern border of the county: the Towns of North East, of North East is the least dense in the county, with fewer than 50 Amenia, Dover, and Pawling, and the Villages of Millerton and residents per square mile. This spread-out population pattern Pawling. The Harlem Valley represents about 186 square miles and tends to make walking and bicycling for transportation less 24,630 people—accounting for 23 percent of the county’s land practical and attractive. area, but only 8 percent of the county’s total population. It is characterized low density and rural land use, with pockets of Centers & Destinations density in villages and hamlets (see Map 56, Harlem Valley Harlem Valley centers, as designated by the Dutchess County Overview). Department of Planning and Development, are shown on Map 57, Harlem Valley Centers. Key destinations for walking and bicycling Three key factors that influence walking and bicycling— land use include: (residential density and destinations), demographics, and non- motorized facilities (including transit) — are discussed below. Local • Village of Millerton: restaurants, shops, movie theater, walking and bicycling patterns, including library, North East Community Center, crash data, is presented, and issues are McEnroe Farm identified. Finally, a set of priority projects • Village of Pawling, including the to improve conditions for walking and Village Green, Pawling Metro-North train bicycling is described. station, Pawling Elementary School, and the Trinity Pawling School. A. Walking and Bicycling Factors • Amenia hamlet • Webutuck High School and 1. Land Use Elementary School in Amenia • Dover Plains hamlet, including Dover Residential Patterns Elementary School, Stone Church, Crown The Villages of Millerton and Pawling are Maple, and Dover Plains Metro-North train the 8th and 9th most densely populated station municipalities in the county, with about • Wassaic hamlet, including the 1,600 and 1,200 persons per square mile, Wassaic Metro-North train station respectively. However, the four Harlem • Wingdale hamlet, including the The Pawling Village Green is a hub of activity. 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The PDCTC shall not be held liable for any misuse 22 ^_ 69 DC or misrepresentation of this information. å ^_ 4567 Map contents and data are subject to change. ^_ ^_ ^_ å 456730 Map created May 2014 1 inch = 2.3 miles § 5 c 456760 DC22 DC22 343 k CD 456762 kk k Amenia Æc !® !® Æc XY k ¤£44 c5 XY å ¤£44 Millerton Village § 1 inch = 0.3 miles Harlem Valley Centers - Millerton/Dover Plains Silo Ridge CD343 74 I2 456 Dover å Plains c5 DC22 !® DC22 456781 § 1 inch = 0.4 miles k I2 å !®Æc DC55 XY 456721 456720 Wingdale I2 k § DC22 1 inch = 0.4 miles !® Harlem Valley Centers - Wingdale/Pawling å Wassaic 456720 _^ § k 1 inch = 0.3 miles å Harlem Valley Centers - Amenia 45673 _^ _^ School Sidewalk Road Type k 27 å Elementary Bus Route 4567 County Commuter Rail Line DC82C State å Middle/High ¤£9 _^ 5 Shared Use Path/Rail Trail U.S. å c Grocery Store 22 Future Shared Use Path/Rail Trail I2 DC k Municipal Hall Center XY Trail Head Æc!® Æc Library k Community/Senior Center Recreational Trail k Existing Pawling !® Park Post Office Village I2 Train Station Paved Shoulder Width* Emerging ^_ Major Employer >= 4ft 2 - 4ft < 2ft 456769 § Biking/Walking Prohibited * Paved width based on 1 inch = 0.35 miles available data. May not This map is intended for planning purposes only. reflect usable width. The PDCTC shall not be held liable for any misuse 456767 or misrepresentation of this information. Map contents and data are subject to change. Map created May 2014 DC55 DC22 Walk Bike Dutchess Harlem Valley-Wingdale Metro-North train station, Dover Population by Age Group High School and Wingdale Elementary School % Under Total % Under % 16 - % Over Municipality 16 + • Town of Pawling: Lakeside Park and Murrow Park Population 16 74 74 • Harlem Valley Rail Trail Over 74 • Ten Mile River Metro-North train station in Amenia T/Amenia 4,436 18 74 8 26 • Appalachian Trail and Appalachian Trail Metro-North train T/Dover 8,699 21 75 5 25 station T/North East 2,073 17 76 6 24 T/Pawling 6,116 21 72 7 28 • Retail centers along Route 22 V/Millerton 958 19 75 6 25 V/Pawling 2,347 19 74 8 26 2. Demographics Dutchess County 297,488 19 75 6 25 Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 U.S. Census. Table QT-P1: Age Groups & Sex; Age Table QT-P2: Single Years of Age & Sex. Town populations exclude populations of Young people and older people are less likely to drive, and Villages. therefore more likely to walk (both young and old) or bicycle (young people) for transportation. Compared to the county as a whole, the Harlem Valley communities have about average Household Income percentages of young people (under age 16), while the Town of % less % Median Total % Over Amenia and Village of Pawling have slightly higher percentages of Municipality than $25,000 - Household Households $50,000 older people (over age 74). The Town of Pawling has a slightly $25,000 50,000 Income higher than average percentage of these young and older groups T/Amenia 1,741 17% 30% 53% $57,832 combined. T/Dover 3,343 12% 18% 70% $67,462 T/North East 1,107 15% 25% 61% $61,823 Income T/Pawling 3,048 10% 18% 71% $82,813 Lower-income households are also more likely to walk and bicycle V/Millerton 296 18% 22% 60% $58,851 for transportation. Household incomes in the Harlem Valley tend V/Pawling 933 16% 24% 60% $62,150 to be a bit lower than the county average, with the exception of Dutchess County 107,151 16% 19% 65% $71,125 the Town of Pawling. The Town of Amenia and the Village of Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2007-2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Millerton have slightly higher percentages of low-income Tables B1101_1, B19013, & B19001 (Households, Median Household Income, and various income brackets). households (defined here as under $25,000 per year) than the Data for the Towns includes data for their respective Village(s). county average. Chapter 5.5: Harlem Valley Effective March 27, 2014 245 Walk Bike Dutchess Vehicle Ownership Unfortunately, disability data is not available for any of the Harlem Households without a vehicle, or with one vehicle, are much more Valley municipalities. likely to seek alternative transportation. The percentage of zero- and one-vehicle households for the four Harlem Valley Towns is 3. Walking & Bicycling Facilities shown below. The Town of Pawling has lower percentages of zero- vehicle households than the county average, while the Village of An inventory of walking and bicycling facilities was made based on Pawling has higher percentages. The Towns of Amenia and North current maps and data available. Sidewalks, recreational trails, East and the Villages of Pawling and Millerton all have higher shared use paths, and transit routes are shown on the Centers percentages of one-vehicle households compared to the county map. average. Walking Facilities Zero- and One-Vehicle Households The Harlem Valley has approximately 27 miles of sidewalks. The Total majority are in the Town of Amenia and Village of Pawling. When Municipality % Zero-Vehicle % One-Vehicle Households considered on a per-resident basis, the Village of Millerton has the T/Amenia 1,741 UNR 32 (+/- 10%) most sidewalks per resident and ranks first in the county, followed T/Dover 3,343 UNR 28 (+/- 6%) by the Village of Pawling, which ranks eighth county-wide. T/North East 1,107 UNR 36 (+/- 9%) T/Pawling 3,048 4 (+/- 2%) 26 (+/- 5%) Sidewalks by Municipality V/Millerton 296 8 (+/- 6%) 44 (+/- 16%) Sidewalks Sidewalk Feet County-wide Municipality V/Pawling 933 10 (+/-6%) 33 (+/- 8%) (miles)* per Resident Rank Dutchess County 107,151 8 (+/- 1%) 31 (+/- 1%) T/Amenia 8.0 9.5 13 Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2007-2011 American Community Survey 5-Year T/Dover 4.2 2.5 18 Estimates, Table B08201: Household Size By Vehicles Available.