Geneva is a medium-sized city located in the state of New York. With a population of 12,391 people and six associated neighborhoods, Geneva is the 151st largest community in New York. Geneva has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.Geneva is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Geneva is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Geneva who work in office and administrative support (10.15%), food service (9.16%), and sales jobs (8.61%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.53% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.Geneva is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Geneva enrolled in college, Geneva has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students. One of the benefits of Geneva is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.42 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.The population of Geneva is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 34.13% of adults in Geneva have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Geneva in 2022 was $35,041, 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 $140,164 for a family of four. However, Geneva contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Geneva is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Geneva home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Geneva residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Geneva also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.26% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Geneva include Italian, Irish, English, German, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Geneva is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
