Overview
Newfane is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 3,662 people and just one neighborhood, Newfane is the 411th largest community in New York.
Occupations and Workforce
Newfane is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Newfane is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Newfane who work in teaching (12.87%), management occupations (12.74%), and office and administrative support (11.59%).
A relatively large number of people in Newfane telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 16.11% 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 percentage of people in Newfane who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.34% of adults in Newfane have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Newfane in 2022 was $33,036, which is lower middle income relative to New York, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $132,144 for a family of four. However, Newfane contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Newfane home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Newfane residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Newfane include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Newfane is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Native American languages.
Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to 蘑菇视频's exclusive exploration and analysis.
People
In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.
Diversity
Significantly, 8.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Newfane are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. 蘑菇视频's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 100.0% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 32.8% 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 31.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.1%), and 16.4% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
Languages
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.6% of households. Some people also speak Polish (8.5%).
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 Newfane, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (27.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (19.5%), and residents who report Italian roots (16.3%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (15.3%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (8.1%), among others.
Getting to Work
How you get to work 鈥� car, bus, train or other means 鈥� and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (82.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (7.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
