Selkirk is a somewhat small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 6,223 people and two associated neighborhoods, Selkirk is the 271st largest community in New York.Selkirk is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Selkirk is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Selkirk who work in healthcare (12.77%), teaching (10.95%), and business and financial occupations (10.36%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 14.06% 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. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Selkirk has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Selkirk a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small town, Selkirk does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Selkirk is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 39.71% of adults in Selkirk have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Selkirk in 2022 was $46,849, 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 $187,396 for a family of four. However, Selkirk contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Selkirk is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Selkirk home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Selkirk residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Selkirk include Irish, German, Italian, English, and Russian. The most common language spoken in Selkirk is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
