Phoenix is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 2,201 people and two associated neighborhoods, Phoenix is the 557th largest community in New York. Phoenix has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages.Phoenix is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Phoenix is a village of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Phoenix who work in office and administrative support (13.77%), healthcare (9.76%), and personal care services (7.92%). Also of interest is that Phoenix has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Phoenix telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.14% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. The overall crime rate in Phoenix is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.In terms of college education, Phoenix 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: 29.88% of adults in Phoenix have a college degree. The per capita income in Phoenix in 2022 was $29,772, which is low income relative to New York, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $119,088 for a family of four. However, Phoenix contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Phoenix home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Phoenix residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Phoenix include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Phoenix is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French Creole.
