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Rodman, NY

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Overview


Rodman is a tiny town located in the state of New York. With a population of 152 people and just one neighborhood, Rodman is the 973rd largest community in New York. Rodman has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.

Occupations and Workforce

Rodman is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Rodman is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Rodman who work in office and administrative support (16.67%), sales jobs (11.54%), and teaching (11.54%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Rodman is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Rodman 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. Rodman has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Rodman than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Rodman may be for you.

Being a small town, Rodman does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Rodman is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.85% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Rodman in 2022 was $32,050, which is lower middle income relative to New York, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $128,200 for a family of four. However, Rodman contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Rodman home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rodman residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Rodman include English, Irish, German, Italian, and French Canadian.

The most common language spoken in Rodman is English. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog and German/Yiddish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

People

Of particular note, 8.4% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.

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 15.7% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 97.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 45 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 90.2% of America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.3% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Portuguese at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Rodman are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 63.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.8% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 56.5% of America's neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 35.6% 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 27.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.7%), and 15.7% 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 94.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Rodman, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (17.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (16.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (14.9%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (11.5%), along with some French ancestry residents (5.1%), 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 (53.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (86.6%) 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 (7.5%) . 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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