Delmar is a somewhat small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 8,240 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Delmar is the 250th largest community in New York.

Delmar is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 94.35% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Delmar is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Delmar who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.94%), teaching (12.24%), and management occupations (12.10%).

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

For a small town, there is also a high proportion of single, often educated, people living in Delmar. This is not typical for most smaller communities in America, and adds a feeling of vibrancy to Delmar.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Delmar is also home to many people who can 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, Delmar 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, Delmar really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Delmar 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 of the benefits of Delmar is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 19.08 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

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

Delmar Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Delmar. 60.85% 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 Delmar in 2000 was $35,363, which is wealthy relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $141,452 for a family of four. However, Delmar contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Delmar is English.