Cato is a tiny village located in the state of New York. With a population of 537 people and two associated neighborhoods, Cato is the 877th largest community in New York. Cato has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.39% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

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

It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Cato has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Cato has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Cato than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Cato may be for you.

Being a small village, Cato does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The rate of college-level education in Cato is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.50% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Cato in 2018 was $31,674, 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 $126,696 for a family of four. However, Cato contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Cato is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.