Lagrangeville, NY real estate and demographic information

About Lagrangeville

Lagrangeville is a somewhat small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 8,730 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Lagrangeville is the 206th largest community in New York.

Housing costs in Lagrangeville are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in New York.

Lagrangeville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Lagrangeville is a town of professionals, sales and office workers and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lagrangeville who work in office and administrative support (12.00%), management occupations (11.63%) and teaching (10.18%).

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

In addition, Lagrangeville is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness'. But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Lagrangeville is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Lagrangeville 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 town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Lagrangeville has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Lagrangeville’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Lagrangeville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.56 minutes every day commuting to work.

Lagrangeville Information and Demographics

The citizens of Lagrangeville are among the most well-educated in the nation: 40.62% of adults in Lagrangeville have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Lagrangeville in 2010 was $37,348, 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 $149,392 for a family of four.

The people who call Lagrangeville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lagrangeville residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Lagrangeville include Italian, Irish, German, English, Scots-Irish and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Lagrangeville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Serbo-Croatian and Spanish.