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Tivoli, New York

Tivoli is a small town of about 1,000 people in Dutchess County, New York. Its population has held about steady since 2020. The nearest metro area of about a million people or more, Hartford, is about 67 miles away as the crow flies.

Population
1,019
down 0.7% since 2020
Typical home, 2020-24
$354,300
Dutchess County prices up 21% since 2022
Prices, Kiryas Joel area
109.4
U.S. average = 100
Emergency room
8 miles
Rhinebeck, NY
To Hartford
67 mi
straight line

The book's checklist

  • Lower cost of livingEveryday prices run 9.4% above the U.S. average in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area.
  • More house for the moneyThe Census survey didn't reach enough homes in Tivoli to say.
  • A safer neighborhoodThe FBI has no 2025 figures for Tivoli itself. Many small towns are patrolled by the county sheriff, so call the sheriff's office and ask what calls they get most.
  • Schools in townNo public schools inside the town. The nearest high school is Saugerties Senior High School, about 3 miles away.
  • A hospital close byNorthern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck, about 8 miles away, has the nearest emergency room.
  • Within reach of a big cityHartford is about 67 miles away as the crow flies. The book suggests staying within about 60 miles if you'll miss big-city sports, concerts and theater.

A check means Tivoli meets the rule of thumb from Frank and Dave's book. An empty box isn't a deal breaker: it's something to weigh for your family. A question mark means there isn't enough data.

For a lifetime

Homes and money

Typical home value, as owners valued them in 2020-2024
$354,300U.S.: $332,700
Home prices since then
Up 21%Dutchess County, 2022 to 2025
Typical rent, with utilities
$1,665 a monthU.S.: $1,413
Homes owned by the people living in them
50%U.S.: 65%
Typical property tax bill
$6,504 a yearNew York: $6,582
Homes built before 1940
41%U.S.: 12%
Homes built since 2010
1%U.S.: 11%
Vacation and seasonal homes
12%U.S.: 3%
Everyday prices
109.4U.S. average = 100 (the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area)

Home values and rents are what households told the Census Bureau across 2020 to 2024, so they trail today's market: county prices have moved up 21% since 2022. Everyday prices are the government's average for the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area, not Tivoli alone. Check current listings before you budget.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates; Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index for counties (all transactions); U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.

The people

Population, 2025 estimate
1,0192020: 1,026
Median age
40.4 yearsU.S.: 38.9
Age 65 and older
21%U.S.: 17%
Under 18
18%U.S.: 22%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or more
55%U.S.: 36%
Moved here from another county or state in the past year
5%U.S.: 6%
College students
24%share of all residents

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates (Vintage 2025); U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Work

Biggest lines of work
Arts, recreation, lodging and restaurants (27%); schools, health care and social services (22%); professional and business services (12%)
Unemployment rate
6%U.S.: 5%
Average commute
23 minutesU.S.: 26 minutes
Work from home
13%U.S.: 15%
Below the poverty line
30%U.S.: 12%

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Health care

Nearest emergency room: Northern Dutchess Hospital, Rhinebeck, NY, about 8 miles away. It's a general hospital. Medicare gives it 4 of 5 stars.

Look up doctors, clinics and the hospitals themselves on Medicare's Care Compare. Ask where the most serious cases are sent.

Sources: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information.

Schools

There are no public schools inside Tivoli itself. The nearest public high school is Saugerties Senior High School, about 3 miles away.

See each school on the federal school search, then check test scores and graduation rates on New York's school report card.

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 2023-24 (via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal); National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS institution directory, 2024.

Internet

Homes with cable, fiber or DSL internet
86%U.S.: 76%
Homes with any internet subscription
93%U.S.: 91%

Before you buy, look up the address on the FCC's National Broadband Map to see which providers serve it.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Weather

January average low
11°F
July average high
86°F
Days 90°F or hotter
20 a year
Nights at or below freezing
185 a year
Rain and melted snow
44.1 inches a year
Snow
31 inches a year
Elevation
105 feet

Weather stations: Rhinebeck 4SE (12 miles away) and Hudson Correctional Facility (15 miles away, rain and snow). Averages for 1991 to 2020.

Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020; U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program.

Getting around

Straight-line miles. The road is always longer, and as the book says, an interstate at 70 is a different trip from a farm road at 45. Check the real drive: Northern Dutchess Hospital, Albany, Hartford.

Dutchess County is in a metro area of 250,000 to 1 million people (USDA rural-urban code 2, on a scale where 1 is the biggest metro areas and 9 the most rural counties).

For a day

1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.

National Park Service sites within about an hour:

  • Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site17 miles
  • Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site19 miles
  • Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site20 miles
  • Appalachian National Scenic Trail23 miles
  • Martin Van Buren National Historic Site24 miles

Read about Tivoli's history on Wikipedia.

Know Tivoli?

Tell us what a visitor shouldn't miss, and what living there is really like. Write to Main Street at mainstreet@smalltownguide.com. The best notes from people who know the town will be added here.

Nearby

Straight-line miles.

Small towns

Smaller places

  • Glasco, NY (unincorporated)2,210 people, 2 miles
  • Saugerties South, NY (unincorporated)2,251 people, 2 miles
  • Bard College, NY (unincorporated)1,130 people, 2 miles
  • Malden-on-Hudson, NY (unincorporated)275 people, 3 miles
  • Barrytown, NY (unincorporated)135 people, 4 miles
  • Upper Red Hook, NY (unincorporated)311 people, 4 miles
  • Ruby, NY (unincorporated)1,098 people, 5 miles
  • Cementon, NY (unincorporated)216 people, 6 miles

Sources

  1. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates (Vintage 2025)
  2. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates
  3. Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index for counties (all transactions)
  4. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
  5. FBI, Crime in the United States, Table 8 (offenses known to law enforcement by city)
  6. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information
  7. National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 2023-24 (via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal)
  8. National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS institution directory, 2024
  9. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020
  10. U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program
  11. National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places listings
  12. National Park Service, park unit boundaries
  13. USDA Economic Research Service, Rural-Urban Continuum Codes, 2023
  14. U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Gazetteer files and 2020 urban areas

Census survey figures are estimates with a margin of error; we leave out any figure whose margin is too wide to be useful. Data last gathered October 5, 2026. See something wrong? Write to mainstreet@smalltownguide.com.