Malone is a somewhat small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 5,400 people and three associated neighborhoods, Malone is the 300th largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Malone was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.
A relatively large number of people in Malone telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.54% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
One of the benefits of Malone is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.17 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
For a small village, Malone has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Malone exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.
The percentage of people in Malone who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.75% of adults in Malone have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Malone in 2022 was $29,026, 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 $116,104 for a family of four. However, Malone contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Malone home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Malone residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Malone include French, Irish, English, Italian, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Malone is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.