Armonk is a somewhat small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 7,173 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Armonk is the 290th largest community in New York.

Armonk is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 92.61% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Armonk is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Armonk who work in management occupations (18.87%), sales jobs (18.17%), and office and administrative support jobs (10.11%).

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

Also of interest is that Armonk has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Armonk is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Armonk is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Armonk really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Armonk perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One downside of living in Armonk, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.57 minutes every day commuting to work.

As is often the case in a small town, Armonk doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Armonk Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Armonk. 60.65% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Armonk in 2000 was $65,405, which is wealthy relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $261,620 for a family of four. However, Armonk contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Armonk home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Armonk is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Armonk include Italian, Irish, Russian, German, English, Polish, and Eastern European.

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