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Highland Mills, NY
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Living in Highland Mills



Highland Mills is a somewhat small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 11,531 people and two associated neighborhoods, Highland Mills is the 165th largest community in New York.

Housing costs in Highland Mills are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in New York.

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.88% 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.

Because of many things, Highland Mills is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Highland Mills really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Highland Mills perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

In Highland Mills, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 37.95 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.

Even though Highland Mills is a smaller town, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.

The citizens of Highland Mills are among the most well-educated in the nation: 41.52% of adults in Highland Mills have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Highland Mills in 2018 was $47,789, 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 $191,156 for a family of four. However, Highland Mills contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Highland Mills is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Highland Mills home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Highland Mills residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Highland Mills also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.92% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Highland Mills include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and English.

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


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