Binghamton is a medium-sized city located in the state of New York. With a population of 47,380 people and 24 constituent neighborhoods, Binghamton is the 23rd largest community in New York. Binghamton has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Binghamton is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Binghamton is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Binghamton who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.82%), sales jobs (11.16%), and food service (7.94%).

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

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

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.45 minutes getting to work every day.

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

Binghamton Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Binghamton who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 21.28% of adults in Binghamton have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Binghamton in 2000 was $17,067, which is lower middle income relative to New York, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $68,268 for a family of four.

Binghamton is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Binghamton home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Binghamton is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Binghamton include Irish, Italian, German, English, Polish, and Slovak.

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