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Islandia, NY

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Overview


Islandia is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 3,568 people and just one neighborhood, Islandia is the 422nd largest community in New York.

Housing costs in Islandia 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.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Islandia is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Islandia is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Islandia who work in sales jobs (14.05%), office and administrative support (12.57%), and healthcare (6.84%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Demographics

The percentage of people in Islandia who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.31% of adults in Islandia have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Islandia in 2018 was $41,382, which is middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $165,528 for a family of four.

Islandia is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Islandia 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 Islandia, accounting for 38.20% of the village’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Islandia residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Islandia include Italian, Polish, German, Irish, and Guyanese.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Islandia's cultural character, accounting for 36.35% of the village’s population.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

People

In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.

In addition, according to NeighborhoodScout's research, is better suited for first-time home buyers than 89.8% of neighborhoods in the state. Most homes here are priced below the state's median house value, yet maintain comparably good appreciation rates over the last decade relative to other neighborhoods in New York. Along with an exclusive multi-metric measure of neighborhood quality developed by NeighborhoodScout that scores high here in this neighborhood, this means that buying into the neighborhood is not only an accessible option but considered a decent first time home buyer choice for building equity in your first home, while being in a quality neighborhood

Real Estate

Owner-occupied real estate dominates the neighborhood. In fact, according to NeighborhoodScout research, the percentage of residential real estate occupied by its owner is higher here than in 96.1% of neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dominican and South American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Dominican ancestry and 8.7% have South American ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Urdu, which is the national language of Pakistan, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.5% 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 Islandia are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 81.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 100.0% of America's neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 28.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 27.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (27.4%), and 16.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 52.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Urdu (the national language of Pakistan) and Langs. of India.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Islandia, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Italian (9.2%). There are also a number of people of Asian ancestry (9.0%), and residents who report South American roots (8.7%), and some of the residents are also of Puerto Rican ancestry (6.2%), along with some Dominican ancestry residents (6.0%), among others. In addition, 36.4% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

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 (36.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (79.2%) 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 (12.0%) . 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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