Ossining is a medium-sized village located in the state of New York. With a population of 24,010 people and eight constituent neighborhoods, Ossining is the 69th largest community in New York.

Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Ossining is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Ossining is a village of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ossining who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.62%), management occupations (9.35%), and sales jobs (8.87%).

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

One downside of living in Ossining, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.92 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.

Although the majority of commuting trips in the village are by private automobile, Ossining is somewhat unusual for a village of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. The train helps to get a lot of people to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Ossining area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

Ossining Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Ossining is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 28.97% of adults in Ossining have a college degree.

The per capita income in Ossining in 2000 was $25,036, which is upper middle income relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $100,144 for a family of four.

Ossining is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Ossining home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Ossining is White, followed by African-American. Ossining also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.88% of the village's residents. Important ancestries of people in Ossining include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Portuguese.

Ossining also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 30.45%.

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