Clark Mills is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 2,049 people and just one neighborhood, Clark Mills is the 586th largest community in New York. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Clark Mills, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Clark Mills, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Clark Mills’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Clark Mills does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $72,019.00.
Unlike some towns, Clark Mills isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Clark Mills are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Clark Mills is a town of professionals, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Clark Mills who work in management occupations (16.28%), healthcare (11.38%), and teaching (11.14%).
Clark Mills 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 Clark Mills citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.71% of adults in Clark Mills have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Clark Mills in 2022 was $53,122, 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 $212,488 for a family of four. However, Clark Mills contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Clark Mills home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Clark Mills residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Clark Mills include Irish, German, Italian, Polish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Clark Mills is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Clark Mills, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
If you are planning to retire in New York, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in New York, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 99.6% of neighborhoods in NY. If a New York retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.
In addition, astoundingly, the neighborhood has one of the highest concentrations of divorcees living here than of any neighborhood, a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. This may be because people living here divorce more often than others, or that divorced people move here after they become divorced. If you are divorced, you will be in good company in this particular Clark Mills neighborhood.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Welsh and Ukrainian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh ancestry and 4.9% have Ukrainian ancestry.
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 Clark Mills are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 46.0% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.6% 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 76.3% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 47.3% 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 21.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (16.2%), and 15.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.5%).
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 Clark Mills, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (20.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (18.5%), and residents who report Italian roots (17.3%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (13.5%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (10.5%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (81.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.