Pawling is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,987 people and three associated neighborhoods, Pawling is the 598th largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Pawling was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.

Also of interest is that Pawling 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: 14.62% 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.

One downside of living in Pawling, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.95 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, Pawling has a lot of people using the train to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the train are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.

The education level of Pawling citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 36.87% of adults in Pawling have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Pawling in 2022 was $47,313, 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 $189,252 for a family of four. However, Pawling contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Pawling is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Pawling home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pawling residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Pawling also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.13% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pawling include Irish, Italian, English, German, and Swedish.

Pawling also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.29%.

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