White Plains is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New York. With a population of 59,316 people and 19 associated neighborhoods, White Plains is the 16th largest community in New York.

White Plains home prices are not only among the most expensive in New York, but White Plains real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Also of interest is that White Plains 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: 17.53% 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.

Another interesting thing about White Plains, despite not being a huge city, is that there is a relatively high proportion of people living here who are young, single, and upwardly-mobile professionals. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

For the size of the city, public transportation in White Plains is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the train. For White Plains, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to White Plains, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. White Plains is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 53.07% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in White Plains in 2018 was $65,846, which is wealthy relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $263,384 for a family of four. However, White Plains contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

White Plains is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call White Plains home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of White Plains residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. White Plains also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 31.28% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in White Plains include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Polish.

White Plains also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 30.86%.

The most common language spoken in White Plains is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.