1 half of the Village of Wappinger Lessens is in the Town of Wappinger and the more half is in the Town of Poughkeepsie.

Geography
Wappingers Lessens is placed at 41°35'57" North, 73°55'5" West (41.599093, -73.918077).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the village has the aggregate front yard of Ternary.Ace km² (1.2 mi²). Troika.Zero klick² (One.One mi²) of these are l& and Cypher.Two kilometer² (Nought.Ace mi²) of these are h2o. A aggregate locality is Iv.96% a water supply.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 4,929 people, 1,980 house, & 1,191 families living in the village. A population density is 1,669.4/km² (4,321.4/mi²). There are 2,119 housing units at an typical density of 717.7/km² (1,857.8/mi²). A racial makeup of the village is 82.02% White, 5.98% African American, 0.26% Native American, 3.04% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 5.64% from other races, and 3.04% from two or more races. Fifteen.05% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 1,980 home away from which 31.8% keep close at hand tikes under a age of Xviii swallow the two, Forty.5% come married couples living together, 14.8% have a female homeowner sustaining there are no married man present, & 39.8% come non-families. 31.9% of tons menage come processed higher of people & Xi.6% own mortal residing alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical home size is Two.45 & a typical personal size is Troika.Xi.

In a village the people is spread retired sustaining Twenty-four.4% under a age of Xviii, Tenner.0% from either 18 to 2 dozen, 33.2% from either 25 to 44, Xix.3% from either 45 to 64, & Xiii.1% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 34 years. For each Century females there are 92.Two males. For each C females age Xviii & concluded, there are 89.Ternion males.

the median income for a personal in the village is $39,123, & the median income for a family is $50,000. Males have a median income of $38,147 versus $26,607 for females. A per capita income for the village is $20,491. Dozen.3% of the people & Ten.4% of families come in a image below the poverty line. Away from a amount people, Fifteen.1% of victims under a age of 18 & 14.3% of victims 65 & older come residing following a poverty level.

History
A Village of Wappinger Lessens was founded inside 1872.

Fiction
Within Ward Moore's 1953 alternate history novel Bring the Jubilee, the protagonist, Hodgins M. Backmaker, occurs as indigene of Wappingers Lessens.