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Brasher Falls, NY

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Overview


Brasher Falls is a tiny town located in the state of New York. With a population of 674 people and just one neighborhood, Brasher Falls is the 829th largest community in New York.

Occupations and Workforce

Brasher Falls is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 87.57% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Brasher Falls is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brasher Falls who work in sales jobs (23.78%), healthcare (16.76%), and office and administrative support (12.97%).

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

Setting & Lifestyle

Brasher Falls’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

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

Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Brasher Falls rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.33% of adults 25 and older in Brasher Falls have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Brasher Falls in 2018 was $24,191, which is low income relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $96,764 for a family of four. However, Brasher Falls contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Brasher Falls home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brasher Falls residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Brasher Falls include Irish, English, Italian, French Canadian, and Ukrainian.

The most common language spoken in Brasher Falls is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 35 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 91.8% of America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Canadian and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Canadian ancestry and 11.9% have French ancestry.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Brasher Falls are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 61.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 12.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 54.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 41.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 27.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.3%), and 11.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.2%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Brasher Falls, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (16.0%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (13.5%), and residents who report French roots (11.9%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (11.2%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (6.1%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (82.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (13.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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