Accord is a tiny town located in the state of New York. With a population of 573 people and two associated neighborhoods, Accord is the 857th largest community in New York.Unlike some towns, Accord isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Accord are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Accord is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Accord who work in office and administrative support (18.32%), management occupations (15.27%), and healthcare suport services (8.91%). Also of interest is that Accord has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 29.38% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Accord has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Accord a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Accord is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Accord, the average commute to work is 36.30 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Accord doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The percentage of people in Accord who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.87% of adults in Accord have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Accord in 2022 was $49,098, 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 $196,392 for a family of four. However, Accord contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Accord is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Accord home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Accord residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Accord also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.65% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Accord include Italian, English, Irish, German, and Russian. The most common language spoken in Accord is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
