Greenburgh's Growth: Surge in population and COVID cases

I. 2020 CENSUS  

Greenburgh town/village population increases from 2000 and 2010 censuses to the present:

Town/Village	2000 Census	2010 Census	2020 Census	2000-2020 Increase	2010-2020 increase
Elmsford	4151	4664	5239	26.2%	12.3%
Tarrytown	11090	11277	11869	7.0%	5.2%
Hastings	7622	7849	8590	12.7%	9.4%
Irvington	6638	6420	6652	0.2%	3.6%
Ardsley	4285	4452	5079	18.5%	14.1%
Dobbs	10618	10875	11277	6.2%	3.7%
Villages	44404	45537	48706	9.7%	7.0%
TOV	42360	42863	46691	10.2%	8.9%
Greenburgh	86764	88400	95397	9.9%	7.9%

This steep population increase raises the question: where are all these newcomers living? Where is all the new housing to accommodate this population surge?    We'll revisit the details of Greenburgh's demographic growth and transformation when more census information is released in September.  

II.  COVID

The Delta Variant wave continues to be a real thing in Greenburgh.  After falling to as low as 21 active COVID cases townwide in mid-June, townwide active cases crossed the 200 threshold this week.   For some context, the rate of increase in active cases for the Delta Variant appears to be slightly slower than during the Second Wave surge in November 2020 when it took Greenburgh 11 days to rise from below 100 active cases to above 200.  The Delta Variant wave has taken Greenburgh 13 days from late July to mid-August for the same increase.  Still at 223 active cases townwide (as of August 12, 2021), we are very far from the Second Wave peak of 978 townwide cases reached on January 20, 2020.  

Slow but steady progress is being made in vaccinations, including, especially the vaccination laggard zip codes in town:

One Shot (among eligibles)
	zip code	21-Jul	12-Aug
Elmsford	10523	65%	68%
WP	10603	68%	70%
WP	10607	72%	74%
Tarrytown	10591	76%	78%
Ardsley	10502	85%	87%
Scarsdale	10583	78%	79%
Hastings	10706	83%	85%
Dobbs Ferry	10522	74%	76%
Irvington	10533	77%	79%
Hartsdale	10530	77%	78%