Edmeston is a tiny town located in the state of New York. With a population of 592 people and just one neighborhood, Edmeston is the 849th largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Edmeston was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Unlike some towns, Edmeston isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Edmeston are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Edmeston is a town of service providers, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Edmeston who work in healthcare suport services (11.65%), business and financial occupations (11.25%), and food service (10.84%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.64% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Edmeston has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Edmeston a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Despite the fact that it is a small town, Edmeston has quite a few people who take public transportation – mostly the bus - for their daily commute to work. This helps to fill a real need in the town for affordable transportation.
The percentage of people in Edmeston with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.83% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Edmeston in 2022 was $27,906, which is low income relative to New York, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,624 for a family of four. However, Edmeston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Edmeston home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Edmeston residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Edmeston include German, Irish, English, Swiss, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Edmeston is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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 Edmeston, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 43 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 90.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 15.2% 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 99.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Edmeston are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 75.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 44.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 91.8% 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, 30.5% 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 27.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.4%), and 18.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 82.7% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (15.2%).
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 Edmeston, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (14.5%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (14.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.8%), and some of the residents are also of Swiss ancestry (7.7%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (6.0%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (70.4%) 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 (13.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.