Clarence Center is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,638 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Clarence Center is the 697th largest community in New York.

Clarence Center is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.81% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Clarence Center is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Clarence Center who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.10%), sales jobs (13.84%), and teaching (9.27%).

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

In addition, Clarence Center is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Clarence Center 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, Clarence Center really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Clarence Center 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.

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

Clarence Center Information and Demographics

The population of Clarence Center is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 41.20% of adults in Clarence Center have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Clarence Center in 2000 was $25,363, 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 $101,452 for a family of four. However, Clarence Center contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Clarence Center is English. Some people also speak Italian.