Ruby is a tiny town located in the state of New York. With a population of 918 people and just one neighborhood, Ruby is the 776th largest community in New York.
Unlike some towns, Ruby isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Ruby are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Ruby is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Ruby who work in sales jobs (17.62%), office and administrative support (14.51%), and healthcare (8.64%).
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!) Ruby 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. Ruby has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ruby than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ruby may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Ruby doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The education level of Ruby citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.70% of adults in Ruby have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Ruby in 2022 was $52,121, 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 $208,484 for a family of four. However, Ruby contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Ruby is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ruby home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ruby residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Ruby also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.76% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ruby include Irish, German, Polish, Italian, and English.
The most common language spoken in Ruby is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Urdu.
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 Ruby, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch and Greek ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 3.1% have Greek ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 0.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Urdu, which is the national language of Pakistan, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Ruby are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 74.3% of the neighborhoods in America. With 17.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.1% 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, 38.6% 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 23.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (20.5%), and 17.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
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 91.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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 Ruby, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (23.5%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (16.1%), and residents who report Italian roots (13.7%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (8.4%), along with some Puerto Rican ancestry residents (8.0%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (84.6%) 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 (5.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.