Overview
Chazy - West Chazy is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 3,979 people and just one neighborhood, Chazy - West Chazy is the 378th largest community in New York.
Occupations and Workforce
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Chazy - West Chazy is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Chazy - West Chazy is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Chazy - West Chazy who work in office and administrative support (8.73%), healthcare (8.52%), and sales jobs (7.47%).
Also of interest is that Chazy - West Chazy 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 Chazy - West Chazy telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.86% 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.
Setting & Lifestyle
Demographics
The education level of Chazy - West Chazy citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.99% of adults in Chazy - West Chazy have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Chazy - West Chazy in 2022 was $40,627, 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 $162,508 for a family of four. However, Chazy - West Chazy contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Chazy - West Chazy home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chazy - West Chazy residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Chazy - West Chazy include French, French Canadian, Irish, English, and German.
The most common language spoken in Chazy - West Chazy is English. Other important languages spoken here include Greek and Italian.
Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Chazy - West Chazy, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Diversity
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French Canadian and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 13.5% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 15.2% have French ancestry.
The Neighbors
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. 蘑菇视频's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Chazy - West Chazy are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. 蘑菇视频's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 68.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 10.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 51.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 34.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 28.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.6%), and 10.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
Languages
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.1% of households. Some people also speak Italian (5.0%).
Ethnicity / Ancestry
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture 鈥� some more unique than others 鈥� based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households 鈥� and importantly 鈥� on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Chazy - West Chazy, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (15.2%). There are also a number of people of French Canadian ancestry (13.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.3%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (11.1%), along with some German ancestry residents (7.8%), among others.
Getting to Work
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (44.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (80.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
