Nanuet is a medium-sized town located in the state of New York. With a population of 18,886 people and four associated neighborhoods, Nanuet is the 97th largest community in New York.

Housing costs in Nanuet are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in New York.

Also of interest is that Nanuet has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.02% 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.

In Nanuet, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Nanuet is a relatively small town. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

Nanuet is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 42.40% of adults in Nanuet have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher.

The per capita income in Nanuet in 2022 was $49,479, which is upper middle income relative to New York, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $197,916 for a family of four. However, Nanuet contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Nanuet is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Nanuet home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Nanuet residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Nanuet also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.58% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Nanuet include Italian, Irish, German, European, and Polish.

Nanuet also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 28.14%.

The most common language spoken in Nanuet is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.