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Whitehall, NY

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Overview


Whitehall is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 2,495 people and just one neighborhood, Whitehall is the 538th largest community in New York. Whitehall has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Whitehall is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Whitehall is a village of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Whitehall who work in sales jobs (10.21%), office and administrative support (10.10%), and healthcare (9.77%).

Setting & Lifestyle

One downside of living in Whitehall, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.44 minutes every day commuting to work.

Whitehall 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.

Demographics

The percentage of people in Whitehall with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.12% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Whitehall in 2018 was $22,132, which is low income relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $88,528 for a family of four. However, Whitehall contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Whitehall is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Whitehall home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Whitehall residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Whitehall include Irish, French, German, Italian, and English.

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

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.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch and Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 11.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 4.1% have Welsh ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 12.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.7% 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 Whitehall are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 64.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 22.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 71.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 33.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 29.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.3%), and 15.6% 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 84.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Polish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Whitehall, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (17.7%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (12.3%), and residents who report Dutch roots (11.4%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (10.9%), along with some English ancestry residents (7.4%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.3% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (80.3%) 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 (12.5%) . 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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