Pitcher is a tiny town located in the state of New York. With a population of 659 people and two associated neighborhoods, Pitcher is the 831st largest community in New York.Unlike some towns, Pitcher isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Pitcher are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pitcher is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Pitcher who work in office and administrative support (16.88%), management occupations (15.19%), and healthcare (8.86%). Also of interest is that Pitcher 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: 12.45% 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. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Pitcher has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Pitcher has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Pitcher than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Pitcher may be for you. One downside of living in Pitcher, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.98 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small town, Pitcher does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, the citizens of Pitcher rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.88% of adults 25 and older in Pitcher have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Pitcher in 2022 was $29,127, which is low income relative to New York, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,508 for a family of four. However, Pitcher contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Pitcher home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pitcher residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Pitcher include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Pitcher is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
