Star Lake - Cranberry Lake is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 2,059 people and just one neighborhood, Star Lake - Cranberry Lake is the second largest community in New York.
Star Lake - Cranberry Lake is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Star Lake - Cranberry Lake is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Star Lake - Cranberry Lake who work in healthcare (12.87%), healthcare suport services (10.81%), and teaching (10.17%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.35% 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.
Another notable thing is that Star Lake - Cranberry Lake is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.
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!) Star Lake - Cranberry Lake 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. Star Lake - Cranberry Lake has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Star Lake - Cranberry Lake than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Star Lake - Cranberry Lake may be for you.
In terms of college education, Star Lake - Cranberry Lake is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.87% of adults 25 and older in Star Lake - Cranberry Lake have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Star Lake - Cranberry Lake in 2022 was $30,638, 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 $122,552 for a family of four. However, Star Lake - Cranberry Lake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Star Lake - Cranberry Lake is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Star Lake - Cranberry Lake home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Star Lake - Cranberry Lake residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Star Lake - Cranberry Lake include English, Irish, French, German, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Star Lake - Cranberry Lake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 56.8%, which is higher than 99.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
In addition, unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 98.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Lithuanian and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Lithuanian ancestry and 5.1% have French Canadian ancestry.
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 Star Lake - Cranberry Lake are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 81.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 44.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 92.0% 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, 35.0% 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 25.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.4%), and 15.8% 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 97.0% 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 Star Lake - Cranberry Lake, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (17.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.0%), and residents who report French roots (8.6%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (7.7%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (5.9%), 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 (47.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (67.7%) 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 (10.3%) and 8.1% 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.