Overview Olcott is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,072 people and just one neighborhood, Olcott is the 745th largest community in New York. Occupations and Workforce Olcott is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Olcott is a town of professionals, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Olcott who work in office and administrative support (13.50%), teaching (12.39%), and healthcare (9.29%). Of important note, Olcott is also a town of artists. Olcott has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Olcott鈥檚 character. Also of interest is that Olcott 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: 7.30% 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. Setting & Lifestyle Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Olcott is worth considering. One downside of living in Olcott is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Olcott, the average commute to work is 33.97 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small town, Olcott does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work. Olcott Demographics The population of Olcott 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 Olcott, 21.31% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Olcott in 2022 was $50,652, 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 $202,608 for a family of four. However, Olcott contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Olcott home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Olcott residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Olcott include German, Irish, Italian, Polish, and French. The most common language spoken in Olcott is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and French.