Big Flats is a somewhat small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 5,555 people and two associated neighborhoods, Big Flats is the 295th largest community in New York.Big Flats is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 92.82% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Big Flats is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Big Flats who work in sales jobs (13.54%), office and administrative support (12.77%), and management occupations (11.23%). Also of interest is that Big Flats has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.54% 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. Because of many things, Big Flats is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Big Flats really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Big Flats perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. One of the benefits of Big Flats is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 19.14 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Big Flats is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Big Flats, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Big Flats is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 52.34% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%. The per capita income in Big Flats in 2022 was $57,138, 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 $228,552 for a family of four. The people who call Big Flats home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Big Flats residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Big Flats include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Big Flats is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Spanish.
