In Washingtonville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 37.59 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
Despite being a small village, Washingtonville has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.
The overall education level of Washingtonville citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.17% of adults in Washingtonville have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Washingtonville in 2022 was $46,933, 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 $187,732 for a family of four. However, Washingtonville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Washingtonville is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Washingtonville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Washingtonville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Washingtonville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.95% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Washingtonville include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Washingtonville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.
