Binghamton is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Binghamton enrolled in college, Binghamton has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
Binghamton, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.
Many people in Binghamton take advantage of public transportation to get around. In fact, for the size of the city, the number of people who use the bus to commute to work is quite high. This helps to fill a need among Binghamton citizens for affordable transportation.
In terms of college education, Binghamton is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.72% of adults in Binghamton have a college degree.
The per capita income in Binghamton in 2018 was $30,282, 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 $121,128 for a family of four. However, Binghamton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Binghamton also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.71% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Binghamton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Binghamton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Binghamton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Binghamton include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Binghamton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
