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Hyde Park, NY
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Hyde Park profile


Living in Hyde Park



Hyde Park is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,925 people and three associated neighborhoods, Hyde Park is the 608th largest community in New York.

A relatively large number of people in Hyde Park telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.24% 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.

In addition, Hyde Park is a college town. There are a lot of students in Hyde Park attending college, and as a result Hyde Park provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.

One downside of living in Hyde Park is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Hyde Park, the average commute to work is 31.25 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.

Even though Hyde Park is a smaller town, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.

The education level of Hyde Park citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 38.13% of adults in Hyde Park have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Hyde Park in 2018 was $54,382, 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 $217,528 for a family of four. However, Hyde Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Hyde Park is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hyde Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hyde Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hyde Park include Irish, German, Italian, English, and European.

The most common language spoken in Hyde Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.


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