About Bovina Center

Bovina Center is a tiny town located in the state of New York. With a population of 555 people and just one neighborhood, Bovina Center is the 856th largest community in New York. Bovina Center has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Bovina Center is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bovina Center is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bovina Center who work in office and administrative support jobs (9.39%), teaching (8.57%), and management occupations (8.16%).

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

You will also find that a lot of people in Bovina Center work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.

A relatively large number of people in Bovina Center telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.68% 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.

Bovina Center is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.

In Bovina Center, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.66 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. However, the town is also quite pedestrian-friendly, because many neighborhoods are very dense and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot.

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

Bovina Center Information and Demographics

The education level of Bovina Center citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 31.88% of adults in Bovina Center have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Bovina Center in 2000 was $18,818, 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 $75,272 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Bovina Center is English. Some people also speak German.