Springwater is a tiny town located in the state of New York. With a population of 518 people and two associated neighborhoods, Springwater is the 874th largest community in New York.When you are in Springwater, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 42.96% of Springwater’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Springwater is a town of managers, transportation and shipping workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Springwater who work in management occupations (13.38%), business and financial occupations (9.15%), and maintenance occupations (7.75%). 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!) Springwater 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. Springwater has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Springwater than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Springwater may be for you. One downside of living in Springwater is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Springwater, the average commute to work is 30.33 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Springwater 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.In Springwater, just 8.71% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Springwater in 2022 was $27,367, 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 $109,468 for a family of four. However, Springwater contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Springwater is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Springwater home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Springwater residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Springwater include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Finnish. The most common language spoken in Springwater is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
