Schenectady is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New York. With a population of 68,544 people and 47 associated neighborhoods, Schenectady is the 13th largest community in New York. Schenectady has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.Schenectady is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Schenectady is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Schenectady who work in office and administrative support (14.05%), sales jobs (7.23%), and management occupations (6.97%). Also of interest is that Schenectady 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 Schenectady telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.77% 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. Schenectady has a lot of people who ride the bus to and from work. In fact, for its size, Schenectady has quite a high level of public transit users. Schenectady’s need for inexpensive transportation options for its citizens is quite high.The population of Schenectady overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Schenectady, 23.59% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Schenectady in 2022 was $31,536, 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 $126,144 for a family of four. However, Schenectady contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Schenectady is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Schenectady home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Schenectady residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Schenectady also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.26% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Schenectady include Italian, Irish, German, Guyanese, and English. Schenectady also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.44%. The most common language spoken in Schenectady is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Urdu.
