About Avon

Avon is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 2,991 people and just one neighborhood, Avon is the 509th largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Avon was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.

Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Avon is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Avon is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Avon who work in management occupations (11.38%), teaching (11.25%), and office and administrative support jobs (10.84%).

In addition, Avon 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.

Being a small village, Avon does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Avon Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Avon is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.83% of adults in Avon have a college degree.

The per capita income in Avon in 2000 was $22,758, which is upper middle income relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $91,032 for a family of four.

The people who call Avon home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Avon is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Avon include German, Irish, English, Italian, Dutch, Polish, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Avon is English.