Richburg is a tiny village located in the state of New York. With a population of 412 people and just one neighborhood, Richburg is the 916th largest community in New York. Richburg has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.
Unlike some villages, Richburg isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Richburg are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Richburg is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Richburg who work in sales jobs (25.11%), management occupations (7.93%), and office and administrative support (7.05%).
Also of interest is that Richburg has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Richburg telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 20.54% 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.
It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Richburg has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Richburg has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Richburg than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Richburg may be for you.
Being a small village, Richburg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Richburg ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 5.76% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Richburg in 2022 was $22,040, which is low income relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $88,160 for a family of four. However, Richburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Richburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Richburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Richburg include German, English, Irish, Pennsylvania German, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Richburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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 Richburg, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 Richburg are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 85.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 27.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 78.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 32.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 28.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (24.0%), and 15.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.0% of households. Some people also speak Polish (5.8%).
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 Richburg, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (21.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (18.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.9%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (7.8%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (2.4%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.9% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (79.6%) 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 (8.5%) and 5.2% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.