Corning is a somewhat small city located in the state of New York. With a population of 10,683 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Corning is the 175th largest community in New York. Corning has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.Corning is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Corning is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Corning who work in office and administrative support (9.14%), sales jobs (8.92%), and teaching (8.44%). And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Corning has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too. Also of interest is that Corning has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.52% 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. One of the benefits of Corning is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.32 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.The citizens of Corning are among the most well-educated in the nation: 45.48% of adults in Corning have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Corning in 2022 was $41,672, which is middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $166,688 for a family of four. However, Corning contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Corning home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Corning residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Corning include Irish, English, German, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Corning is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
