Apalachin is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 2,632 people and two associated neighborhoods, Apalachin is the 512th largest community in New York.Apalachin is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 89.14% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Apalachin is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Apalachin who work in management occupations (18.43%), office and administrative support (14.39%), and teaching (9.76%). Also of interest is that Apalachin has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Apalachin telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.03% 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. Because of many things, Apalachin is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Apalachin a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Apalachin has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Apalachin’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Apalachin spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.95 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be. Being a small town, Apalachin does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Apalachin citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 36.08% of adults in Apalachin have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Apalachin in 2022 was $46,685, 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 $186,740 for a family of four. However, Apalachin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Apalachin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Apalachin residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Apalachin include Irish, English, Italian, German, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Apalachin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Other Indo-European.
