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Newfane, NY

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Overview


Newfane is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 3,662 people and just one neighborhood, Newfane is the 411th largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Newfane was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Newfane is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Newfane is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Newfane who work in teaching (13.38%), office and administrative support (10.80%), and management occupations (10.42%).

A relatively large number of people in Newfane telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 16.96% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Demographics

The overall education level of Newfane is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 27.61% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Newfane in 2022 was $29,848, which is lower middle income relative to New York, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $119,392 for a family of four. However, Newfane contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Newfane is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Native American languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Newfane, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Diversity

Significantly, 8.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.4% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Newfane are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 40.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.6% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 69.3% of America'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, 36.8% 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 26.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.1%), and 17.8% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.1% of households. Some people also speak Polish (8.5%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Newfane, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (27.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (19.7%), and residents who report English roots (15.0%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (14.2%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (9.4%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (76.0%) 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 (14.1%) . 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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