Chateaugay - Constable is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 4,811 people and just one neighborhood, Chateaugay - Constable is the 325th largest community in New York.
Unlike some towns, Chateaugay - Constable isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Chateaugay - Constable are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Chateaugay - Constable is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Chateaugay - Constable who work in law enforcement and fire fighting (11.37%), management occupations (10.27%), and office and administrative support (10.05%).
Chateaugay - Constable 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, the citizens of Chateaugay - Constable rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.98% of adults 25 and older in Chateaugay - Constable have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Chateaugay - Constable in 2022 was $32,152, 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 $128,608 for a family of four. However, Chateaugay - Constable contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Chateaugay - Constable home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chateaugay - Constable residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Chateaugay - Constable include French, Irish, English, French Canadian, and German.
The most common language spoken in Chateaugay - Constable is English. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and French.
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 Chateaugay - Constable, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 98.8% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 36 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 91.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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, 18.2% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 6.2% have French Canadian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Chateaugay - Constable are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 64.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 12.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 55.7% 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, 30.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 28.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (27.5%), and 19.1% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.5% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (3.4%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Chateaugay - Constable, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (18.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.8%), and residents who report English roots (9.4%), and some of the residents are also of French Canadian ancestry (6.2%), along with some German ancestry residents (4.0%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (85.2%) 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 (9.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.