Pine Bush is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,751 people and two associated neighborhoods, Pine Bush is the 636th largest community in New York.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Pine Bush is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pine Bush is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pine Bush who work in office and administrative support (23.89%), management occupations (11.08%), and food service (8.37%). One downside of living in Pine Bush is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Pine Bush, the average commute to work is 33.59 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small town, Pine Bush does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Pine Bush overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Pine Bush, 23.00% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Pine Bush in 2022 was $42,065, which is middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $168,260 for a family of four. However, Pine Bush contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Pine Bush is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Pine Bush home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pine Bush residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Pine Bush also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.69% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pine Bush include Italian, German, Irish, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Pine Bush is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
