Dickinson Center is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,537 people and just one neighborhood, Dickinson Center is the 662nd largest community in New York.
Dickinson Center is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Dickinson Center is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dickinson Center who work in healthcare (10.89%), office and administrative support (10.33%), and community and social services (8.20%).
One downside of living in Dickinson Center is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Dickinson Center, the average commute to work is 32.06 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Dickinson Center does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Dickinson Center are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.79% of adults in Dickinson Center have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Dickinson Center in 2022 was $36,603, which is middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $146,412 for a family of four. However, Dickinson Center contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Dickinson Center home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dickinson Center residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Dickinson Center include Irish, French, English, German, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Dickinson Center is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and West Germanic languages.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 19 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 95.0% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Welsh and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh ancestry and 10.3% have French 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 Dickinson Center are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 13.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 57.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 36.4% 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 25.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.2%), and 16.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.8% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.1%).
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 Dickinson Center, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (18.2%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (10.3%), and residents who report English roots (9.1%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (7.6%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (6.1%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (79.5%) 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 (14.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.