Amityville is a somewhat small coastal village (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of New York. With a population of 9,573 people and five associated neighborhoods, Amityville is the 194th largest community in New York.

Housing costs in Amityville are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in New York.

Of important note, Amityville is also a village of artists. Amityville has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Amityville’s character.

Also of interest is that Amityville 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: 8.07% 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.

Amityville is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

One downside of living in Amityville is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Amityville, the average commute to work is 30.70 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the village, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.

Despite being a small village, Amityville has a lot of people using the train to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the train are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.

The education level of Amityville citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 39.96% of adults in Amityville have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Amityville in 2018 was $55,282, 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 $221,128 for a family of four. However, Amityville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Amityville is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Amityville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Amityville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Amityville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.60% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Amityville include Irish, German, Italian, Nigerian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Amityville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.