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Gouverneur, NY

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Overview


Gouverneur is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 3,617 people and just one neighborhood, Gouverneur is the 426th largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Gouverneur was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some villages, Gouverneur isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Gouverneur are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Gouverneur is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gouverneur who work in teaching (14.04%), sales jobs (13.19%), and office and administrative support (10.64%).

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

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Gouverneur who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.25% of the adults in Gouverneur have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Gouverneur in 2022 was $22,639, which is low income relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $90,556 for a family of four. However, Gouverneur contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Gouverneur is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Gouverneur home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gouverneur residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Gouverneur include Italian, German, Irish, French, and English.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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People

Of particular note, 12.8% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 8.7% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 2.8% have French Canadian ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Gouverneur are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 88.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 24.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 75.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 33.1% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 30.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (26.9%), and 9.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Gouverneur, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (14.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.6%), and residents who report German roots (12.6%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (12.1%), along with some French ancestry residents (8.7%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (50.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (86.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (8.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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