Haverstraw is a medium-sized village located in the state of New York. With a population of 12,226 people and three associated neighborhoods, Haverstraw is the 155th largest community in New York.

Also of interest is that Haverstraw has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.52% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

One downside of living in Haverstraw is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Haverstraw, the average commute to work is 30.95 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the village, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.

Despite being a small village, Haverstraw has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.

The education level of Haverstraw citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.28% of adults in Haverstraw have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Haverstraw in 2022 was $31,478, 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 $125,912 for a family of four. However, Haverstraw contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Haverstraw is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Haverstraw home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Haverstraw, accounting for 60.51% of the village’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Haverstraw residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Haverstraw include Irish, Haitian, Italian, German, and Nigerian.

Haverstraw also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 42.79%.

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