Voorheesville is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 2,705 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Voorheesville is the 533rd largest community in New York.

Voorheesville is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 85.44% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Voorheesville is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Voorheesville who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.41%), management occupations (12.26%), and sales jobs (7.95%).

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

In addition, Voorheesville 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, Voorheesville 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, Voorheesville really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Voorheesville 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.

Voorheesville is a small village, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Voorheesville, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 98.13% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

As is often the case in a small village, Voorheesville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Voorheesville Information and Demographics

The population of Voorheesville is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 39.96% of adults in Voorheesville have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Voorheesville in 2000 was $25,760, 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 $103,040 for a family of four. However, Voorheesville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Voorheesville is English.