New Rochelle is a larger medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of New York. With a population of 72,182 people and 16 constituent neighborhoods, New Rochelle is the 12th largest community in New York.

Unlike some cities, New Rochelle isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in New Rochelle are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, New Rochelle is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in New Rochelle who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.92%), sales jobs (11.28%), and management occupations (10.33%).

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

One thing that you will notice about New Rochelle is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider New Rochelle a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

In addition to being popular with young singles, New Rochelle is also home to many people who can 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.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of New Rochelle are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

For the size of the city, public transportation in New Rochelle is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the train. For New Rochelle, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

New Rochelle Information and Demographics

The education level of New Rochelle citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 38.31% of adults in New Rochelle have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in New Rochelle in 2000 was $31,956, which is wealthy relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $127,824 for a family of four.

New Rochelle is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call New Rochelle home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in New Rochelle is White, followed by African-American. New Rochelle also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.92% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in New Rochelle include Italian, Irish, German, Russian, Polish, and Jamaican.

In addition, New Rochelle has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (27.32%).

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