Elmont is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Elmont’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
In Elmont, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 37.92 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
Although the majority of commuting trips in the town are by private automobile, Elmont is somewhat unusual for a town of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the subway helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Elmont area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.
In terms of college education, Elmont 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: 32.15% of adults in Elmont have a college degree.
The per capita income in Elmont in 2022 was $40,400, which is middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $161,600 for a family of four. However, Elmont contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Elmont is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Elmont home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elmont residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by Asian. Elmont also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.85% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Elmont include Haitian, Italian, Jamaican, Guyanese, and Irish.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Elmont's cultural character, accounting for 44.19% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Elmont is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
