Au Sable Forks is a tiny town located in the state of New York. With a population of 509 people and just one neighborhood, Au Sable Forks is the second largest community in New York.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Au Sable Forks is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Au Sable Forks is a town of professionals, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Au Sable Forks who work in computer science and math (29.93%), sales jobs (12.77%), and business and financial occupations (9.85%).
Also of interest is that Au Sable Forks has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Au Sable Forks has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Au Sable Forks has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Au Sable Forks than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Au Sable Forks may be for you.
Au Sable Forks is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Au Sable Forks is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.18% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Au Sable Forks in 2022 was $33,609, which is lower middle income relative to New York, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $134,436 for a family of four. However, Au Sable Forks contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Au Sable Forks home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Au Sable Forks residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Au Sable Forks include Irish, Italian, English, French, and German.
The most common language spoken in Au Sable Forks is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Au Sable Forks, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The government often provides some of the more stable jobs in the economy. From local, to state, to federal government workers, the government can also be a major employer. What NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed, is that the neighborhood in particular stands out when compared nationally for the proportion of its working residents who are employed by the government. At 18.4% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 98.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 94.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 19.6% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 6.4% have French Canadian ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Au Sable Forks are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 49.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 17.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 34.2% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 33.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions (18.4%), and 16.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.3% of households.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Au Sable Forks, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (19.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (18.3%), and residents who report English roots (9.5%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (8.5%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (6.4%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.5% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (86.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (9.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.