North Collins is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,265 people and just one neighborhood, North Collins is the 713th largest community in New York. North Collins has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages.
Unlike some villages, North Collins isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in North Collins are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, North Collins is a village of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in North Collins who work in sales jobs (14.50%), office and administrative support (13.94%), and food service (8.47%).
As is often the case in a small village, North Collins doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in North Collins with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.57% of adults in North Collins have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in North Collins in 2022 was $26,818, 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 $107,272 for a family of four. However, North Collins contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call North Collins home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of North Collins residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in North Collins include German, Italian, Irish, Polish, and English.
The most common language spoken in North Collins is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in North Collins, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Lithuanian and Czechoslovakian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Lithuanian ancestry and 1.4% have Czechoslovakian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 21.1% 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 99.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in North Collins are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 55.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 12.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 54.3% 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, 34.4% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 31.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.8%), and 11.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.9% of households. Some people also speak Italian (21.1%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in North Collins, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (40.3%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (16.2%), and residents who report Polish roots (14.5%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (13.5%), along with some English ancestry residents (7.1%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (81.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (7.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.