Oriskany is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,316 people and just one neighborhood, Oriskany is the 704th largest community in New York. Oriskany has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.
Oriskany is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 87.72% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Oriskany is a village of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Oriskany who work in office and administrative support (23.13%), sales jobs (9.79%), and personal care services (8.90%).
A relatively large number of people in Oriskany telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.57% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
One of the benefits of Oriskany is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.25 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Oriskany is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Oriskany are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.47% of adults in Oriskany have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Oriskany in 2018 was $28,399, 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 $113,596 for a family of four. However, Oriskany contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Oriskany home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oriskany residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Oriskany include German, Italian, English, Irish, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Oriskany is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Of particular note, 9.7% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
In addition, if you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Oriskany is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in NY, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 88.3% of the neighborhoods in New York. If you are considering retiring to New York, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Hungarian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Hungarian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 14.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Oriskany are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 57.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.4% 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 61.0% 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, 41.7% 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 24.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.9%), and 14.5% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
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 89.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian, Polish and Spanish.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Oriskany, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (16.8%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (13.4%), and residents who report English roots (12.0%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (10.1%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (7.2%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (45.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (76.4%) 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 (10.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.