Averill Park is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 2,098 people and just one neighborhood, Averill Park is the 578th largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Averill Park was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Averill Park is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Averill Park is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Averill Park who work in healthcare (11.51%), personal care services (9.52%), and management occupations (9.42%).
Also of interest is that Averill Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Of important note, Averill Park is also a town of artists. Averill Park has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Averill Park’s character.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.62% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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 overall crime rate in Averill Park is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
Being a small town, Averill Park does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Averill Park citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 38.48% of adults in Averill Park have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Averill Park in 2022 was $65,798, which is wealthy relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $263,192 for a family of four. However, Averill Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Averill Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Averill Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Averill Park include Irish, German, Italian, English, and French.
The most common language spoken in Averill Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and French.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Averill Park is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in NY, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 89.8% of the neighborhoods in New York. If you are considering retiring to New York, this is a good neighborhood to look at. In addition to being an excellent choice for active retirees, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for families with school-aged children and urban sophisticates.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Italian and Swedish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 22.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Italian ancestry and 4.9% have Swedish ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 7.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Averill Park are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 86.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 9.1% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 52.3% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 53.3% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 18.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (15.3%), and 13.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.5% of households. Some people also speak Polish (7.0%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Averill Park, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (25.7%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (22.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (19.0%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (7.2%), along with some French ancestry residents (6.8%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (74.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (9.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.