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Hannibal, NY

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Overview


Hannibal is a tiny village located in the state of New York. With a population of 541 people and just one neighborhood, Hannibal is the 870th largest community in New York. Hannibal 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

When you are in Hannibal, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 42.61% of Hannibal’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Hannibal is a village of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Hannibal who work in office and administrative support (15.94%), sales jobs (12.17%), and computer science and math (6.09%).

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

Setting & Lifestyle

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!) Hannibal 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. Hannibal has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hannibal than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hannibal may be for you.

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

Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Hannibal is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.47% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Hannibal in 2018 was $29,198, which is low income relative to New York, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,792 for a family of four. However, Hannibal contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

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 Hannibal, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Austrian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Austrian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 7.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.8% 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 Hannibal are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 43.5% of the neighborhoods in America. With 43.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 91.2% 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, 35.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 24.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (21.1%), and 18.6% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.9% of households. Some people also speak Polish (7.8%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Hannibal, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (18.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (15.5%), and residents who report German roots (13.9%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (6.4%), along with some French ancestry residents (6.1%), 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 (31.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (88.2%) 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 (7.9%) . 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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