In Coram, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.68 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
Although the majority of commuting trips in the town are by private automobile, Coram is somewhat unusual for a town of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, taxis helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Coram area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.
The overall education level of Coram citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.41% of adults in Coram have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Coram in 2022 was $46,480, 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 $185,920 for a family of four. However, Coram contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Coram is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Coram home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Coram residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Coram also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.82% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Coram include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and Russian.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Coram's cultural character, accounting for 16.12% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Coram is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.
