New Berlin is a tiny village located in the state of New York. With a population of 905 people and just one neighborhood, New Berlin is the 783rd largest community in New York. New Berlin has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages.
Unlike some villages, New Berlin isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in New Berlin are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, New Berlin is a village of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in New Berlin who work in food service (18.94%), office and administrative support (13.09%), and management occupations (11.98%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 14.49% 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.
It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) New Berlin has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. New Berlin has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in New Berlin than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, New Berlin may be for you.
One of the benefits of New Berlin is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.11 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.
As is often the case in a small village, New Berlin doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in New Berlin with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.32% of adults in New Berlin have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in New Berlin in 2022 was $27,248, 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 $108,992 for a family of four. However, New Berlin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call New Berlin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Berlin residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in New Berlin include German, Irish, English, Swedish, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in New Berlin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 8.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in New Berlin are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 76.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 22.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 72.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 41.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 23.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.2%), and 16.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.0% of households. Some people also speak Italian (8.3%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in New Berlin, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (16.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.5%), and residents who report English roots (12.2%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (4.3%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (4.2%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (81.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (8.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.