One downside of living in Coram is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Coram, the average commute to work is 32.68 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.
Although the majority of commuting trips in the town are by private automobile, Coram is somewhat unusual for a town of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, taxis helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Coram area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.
The overall education level of Coram citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.41% of adults in Coram have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Coram in 2018 was $46,480, which is upper middle income relative to New York, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $185,920 for a family of four. However, Coram contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Coram is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Coram home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Coram residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Coram also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.82% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Coram include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and Russian.
Coram also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.12%.
The most common language spoken in Coram is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.
