 About 11.3% of families and 13.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.9% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.The High Falls Conservation Area, a property in the village, with access from the town of Claverack, is owned and managed by the Columbia Land Conservancy.High Falls, Columbia County's highest waterfall, cascades before culminating in a large pool.