Overview
Richford - Berkshire is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 2,456 people and just one neighborhood, Richford - Berkshire is the 527th largest community in New York.
Occupations and Workforce
Richford - Berkshire is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Richford - Berkshire is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Richford - Berkshire who work in management occupations (11.85%), office and administrative support (11.18%), and teaching (6.26%).
Also of interest is that Richford - Berkshire 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 Richford - Berkshire telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.17% 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
One downside of living in Richford - Berkshire is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Richford - Berkshire, the average commute to work is 33.92 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Demographics
In terms of college education, Richford - Berkshire is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.09% of adults 25 and older in Richford - Berkshire have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Richford - Berkshire in 2022 was $38,071, 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 $152,284 for a family of four. However, Richford - Berkshire contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Richford - Berkshire home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Richford - Berkshire residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Richford - Berkshire include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Richford - Berkshire is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish 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 Richford - Berkshire, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Real Estate
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on 蘑菇视频's exclusive analysis, with only 37 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 91.5% of America.
Diversity
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 6.7% 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 95.8% 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 Richford - Berkshire 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 43.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 10.0% 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 50.0% of America'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, 39.0% 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 30.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.1%), and 13.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
Languages
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.5% of households. Some people also speak Polish (6.7%).
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 Richford - Berkshire, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (18.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.9%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (4.8%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (4.2%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (52.4% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (80.2%) 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 (8.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
