Gasport is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Gasport’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Gasport has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Gasport has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Gasport than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Gasport may be for you.
In Gasport, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.28 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Gasport does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Gasport is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 37.32% of adults in Gasport have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Gasport in 2018 was $38,222, which is middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $152,888 for a family of four. However, Gasport contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Gasport home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gasport residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gasport include German, Polish, Scottish, English, and French.
The most common language spoken in Gasport is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Other Indo-European.
