About Pound Ridge

Pound Ridge is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 4,626 people and just one neighborhood, Pound Ridge is the 396th largest community in New York.

Pound Ridge is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 92.79% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Pound Ridge is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pound Ridge who work in management occupations (21.95%), sales jobs (17.14%), and office and administrative support jobs (8.44%).

Of important note, Pound Ridge is also a town of artists. Pound Ridge has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Pound Ridge's character.

Also of interest is that Pound Ridge 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 - 8.66% 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, Pound Ridge 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, Pound Ridge 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, Pound Ridge really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Pound Ridge 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 downside of living in Pound Ridge is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Pound Ridge, the average commute to work is 42.01 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Pound Ridge Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Pound Ridge. 70.46% 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 Pound Ridge in 2000 was $74,127, which is wealthy relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $296,508 for a family of four. However, Pound Ridge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Pound Ridge is English. Some people also speak Spanish.