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Sidney, NY

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Overview


Sidney is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 3,714 people and just one neighborhood, Sidney is the 404th largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Sidney 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, Sidney isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Sidney are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sidney is a village of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Sidney who work in office and administrative support (15.98%), teaching (9.20%), and management occupations (8.87%).

Setting & Lifestyle

As is often the case in a small village, Sidney doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The education level of Sidney citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 19.26% of adults 25 and older in Sidney have a college degree.

The per capita income in Sidney in 2022 was $25,510, which is low income relative to New York, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,040 for a family of four. However, Sidney contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Sidney is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Serbo-Croatian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch and Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 11.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 1.5% have Swiss 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 Sidney are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 70.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 31.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 82.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 30.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 26.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (24.2%), and 18.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.8% of households.

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 Sidney, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (24.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (20.9%), and residents who report English roots (19.5%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (11.7%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (10.8%), 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 (56.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (68.8%) 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 (20.2%) and 7.1% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. 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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