Delmar is a somewhat small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 8,240 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Delmar is the 250th largest community in New York.

Delmar is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 94.35% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Delmar is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Delmar who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.94%), teaching (12.24%), and management occupations (12.10%).

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

For a small town, there is also a high proportion of single, often educated, people living in Delmar. This is not typical for most smaller communities in America, and adds a feeling of vibrancy to Delmar.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Delmar is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Delmar 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, Delmar really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Delmar 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.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Delmar spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 19.08 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.

Delmar is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Delmar Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Delmar is a pretty powerful place. 60.85% of the adults in Delmar have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Delmar in 2000 was $35,363, which is wealthy relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $141,452 for a family of four. However, Delmar contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Delmar is English.