About Flower Hill

Flower Hill is a very small coastal village (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of New York. With a population of 4,508 people and just one neighborhood, Flower Hill is the 402nd largest community in New York.

Flower Hill is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 94.88% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Flower Hill is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Flower Hill who work in sales jobs (23.00%), management occupations (18.79%), and healthcare (10.94%).

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 7.99% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

In addition, Flower Hill 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, Flower Hill is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Flower Hill a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The village's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Flower Hill has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Flower Hill's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One of the nice things about Flower Hill is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the village are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

One downside of living in Flower Hill is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Flower Hill, the average commute to work is 36.92 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Flower Hill is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Flower Hill Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Flower Hill, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Flower Hill is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 61.03% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Flower Hill in 2000 was $64,997, which is wealthy relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $259,988 for a family of four. However, Flower Hill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Flower Hill is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Flower Hill home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Flower Hill is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Flower Hill include Italian, Irish, Iranian, German, Russian, Polish, and Greek.

In addition, Flower Hill has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (21.47%).

The languages spoken by people in Flower Hill are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Flower Hill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Persian, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, and Greek.