One downside of living in Haverstraw, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.53 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.
Despite being a small village, Haverstraw has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.
The population of Haverstraw overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Haverstraw, 24.87% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Haverstraw in 2018 was $33,244, 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 $132,976 for a family of four. However, Haverstraw contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Haverstraw is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Haverstraw home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Haverstraw, accounting for 55.75% of the village’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Haverstraw residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Haverstraw include Irish, Italian, Haitian, German, and Nigerian.
Haverstraw also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 33.27%.
The most common language spoken in Haverstraw is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and French.
