Hemlock is a tiny town located in the state of New York. With a population of 455 people and two associated neighborhoods, Hemlock is the 902nd largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Hemlock was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.Hemlock is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Hemlock is a town of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hemlock who work in food service (21.04%), management occupations (16.77%), and architecture and engineering (10.37%). In addition, Hemlock is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates", which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre. Hemlock’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live. 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!) Hemlock 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. Hemlock has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hemlock than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hemlock may be for you. One downside of living in Hemlock, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 36.17 minutes every day commuting to work. Hemlock is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Hemlock citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.39% of adults in Hemlock have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Hemlock in 2022 was $33,686, 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 $134,744 for a family of four. The people who call Hemlock home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hemlock residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Hemlock include English, German, Italian, Irish, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Hemlock is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
