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Williamsville, NY

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Overview


Williamsville is a somewhat small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 5,483 people and just one neighborhood, Williamsville is the 305th largest community in New York.

Occupations and Workforce

Williamsville is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 93.32% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Williamsville is a village of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Williamsville who work in management occupations (16.67%), teaching (14.46%), and office and administrative support (10.22%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 14.98% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Williamsville. 61.44% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%.

The per capita income in Williamsville in 2018 was $47,046, 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 $188,184 for a family of four. However, Williamsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Williamsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Chinese.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss and Polish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry and 11.4% have Polish ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 12.0% 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 98.8% 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 Williamsville are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 77.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.9% 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 79.1% 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, 56.2% 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 23.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (11.0%), and 9.1% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.7% of households. Some people also speak Polish (12.0%).

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 Williamsville, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (27.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (19.2%), and residents who report Italian roots (18.4%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (11.4%), along with some English ancestry residents (11.3%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (54.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (82.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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