The NYS DOH estimated, from the 1990 Census, that 1,298 people live within 1 mile of the Rowe Industries site. This population increases during the summer months due to vacationers. The population within 1 mile of the site is 99 percent white. Socio-economic data are not yet available from the 1990 Census. The majority of the land near the Rowe Industries site is used for residential housing.
Most private residences are year round, single family homes.
Several of the homes on Carroll Street have gardens and small numbers of farm animals. Only a few commercial buildings are near the site. North of the site is a small commercial bakery which was formerly a gasoline station. Further north are several more gasoline stations. West of the site is a New York Telephone Company building.