Gansevoort is a medium-sized town located in the state of New York. With a population of 14,415 people and four associated neighborhoods, Gansevoort is the 134th largest community in New York.

Also of interest is that Gansevoort has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 18.76% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

Being a small town, Gansevoort does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The education level of Gansevoort ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Gansevoort, 40.68% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Gansevoort in 2022 was $48,052, 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 $192,208 for a family of four. However, Gansevoort contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Gansevoort home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gansevoort residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Gansevoort include Irish, German, English, French, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Gansevoort is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.