By:Angela Marshall
The latest census results tell a lot about the village and its residents. They also say a lot about possible future trends.
"It's definitely a baby-boomer community there," said Roy Fedelem, a principal planner with the Long Island Regional Planning Board.
More than 33 percent of village residents are boomers.
While the village population remained stable between 1990 and 2000, with only a 159-person decrease, big change could come over the next 10 years as the boomers start to retire.
There are 24,568 villagers reported in the 2000 census, down from 24,727 people a decade ago. Village population peaked in the 1970s when there were 27,444 residents. Shrinking family size accounts for much of the population change reported since the '70s, according to Fedelem.
The big question over the next 10 years will be how boomers are going to respond to retirement
