While most residents have called Dutchess County home for a long time, many new residents have moved to the area since the last survey. In 2002, Dutchess County residents had lived in the community for an average of 26 years. Now, the average length of residence is 23 years.
Although two-thirds of all current residents have lived in the area for more than a decade, there is a substantial proportion of new residents in the area. About one in five Dutchess County residents has moved to their community in the past five years. This recent influx is consistent with larger regional trends.
A disproportionate amount of Dutchess County’s young people and college graduates are recent arrivals. About a third of all county residents under the age of forty-five have moved to their community within the past five years compared with 10% of older residents.
Almost a quarter of all college graduates in Dutchess County are new to the area while just 16% of those without a college degree are new residents.
