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Brushton, NY

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Overview


Brushton is a tiny village located in the state of New York. With a population of 440 people and just one neighborhood, Brushton is the 907th largest community in New York. Brushton has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some villages, Brushton isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Brushton are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Brushton is a village of service providers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brushton who work in office and administrative support (14.78%), law enforcement and fire fighting (14.35%), and management occupations (11.74%).

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

Setting & Lifestyle

For a small village, Brushton has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Brushton exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.

Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Brushton rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.55% of adults 25 and older in Brushton 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 Brushton in 2018 was $21,412, which is low income relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $85,648 for a family of four. However, Brushton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Brushton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brushton residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Brushton include English, French, Irish, German, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Brushton is English. Other important languages spoken here include West Germanic languages and French.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Brushton, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Occupations

The neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 96.6% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 18.8% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 3.8% have Swiss ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 4.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Brushton are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 63.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 36.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 85.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 34.5% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 32.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.5%), and 14.5% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.2% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (4.8%).

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 Brushton, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (18.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (16.0%), and residents who report English roots (11.4%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (10.7%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (6.7%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (57.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (86.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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