Chatham is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,584 people and two associated neighborhoods, Chatham is the 675th largest community in New York. Chatham has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages.

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Chatham 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.

Of important note, Chatham is also a village of artists. Chatham has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Chatham’s character.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.56% 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.

Chatham is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The citizens of Chatham are among the most well-educated in the nation: 44.98% of adults in Chatham 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 Chatham in 2018 was $44,850, 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 $179,400 for a family of four. However, Chatham contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Chatham home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chatham residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Chatham include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Chatham is English. Other important languages spoken here include Russian and German/Yiddish.