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La Fargeville, NY

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Overview


La Fargeville is a tiny town located in the state of New York. With a population of 537 people and just one neighborhood, La Fargeville is the 869th largest community in New York.

Occupations and Workforce

The armed forces are a huge part of the life in La Fargeville, employing 6.31% of the workforce. While it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy, where the Retail and Manufacturing industries employ 27.46% and 19.69% of the civilian workforce, respectively.

Setting & Lifestyle

As is often the case in a small town, La Fargeville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in La Fargeville with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.44% of adults in La Fargeville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in La Fargeville in 2022 was $16,058, which is low income relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $64,232 for a family of four. La Fargeville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 46.04% of its population below the federal poverty line.

La Fargeville is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call La Fargeville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of La Fargeville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in La Fargeville include English, German, Irish, Italian, and French Canadian.

The most common language spoken in La Fargeville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 La Fargeville, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Occupations

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 16.6% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 97.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Furthermore, more people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 97.0% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 19.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 9.6% have French Canadian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 22.9% 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 99.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 La Fargeville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 66.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 11.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 51.7% 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, 44.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 24.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.8%), and 16.6% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 77.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Polish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 La Fargeville, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Dutch (19.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (16.1%), and residents who report German roots (16.0%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (10.9%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (9.6%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (41.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (74.8%) 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 (10.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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