In addition, Hyde Park is a college town. There are a lot of students in Hyde Park attending college, and as a result Hyde Park provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.
In Hyde Park, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.25 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.
Even though Hyde Park is a smaller town, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.
The education level of Hyde Park citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 38.13% of adults in Hyde Park have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Hyde Park in 2018 was $54,382, 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 $217,528 for a family of four. However, Hyde Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Hyde Park is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hyde Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hyde Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hyde Park include Irish, German, Italian, English, and European.
The most common language spoken in Hyde Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
