Port Gibson is a tiny town located in the state of New York. With a population of 405 people and just one neighborhood, Port Gibson is the 915th largest community in New York.
Unlike some towns, Port Gibson isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Port Gibson are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Port Gibson is a town of managers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Port Gibson who work in business and financial occupations (35.74%), healthcare (17.67%), and sales jobs (5.22%).
Of important note, Port Gibson is also a town of artists. Port Gibson has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Port Gibson’s character.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Port Gibson is worth considering.
Port Gibson is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Port Gibson isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 100.00% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.
Being a small town, Port Gibson does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The overall education level of Port Gibson citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.30% of adults in Port Gibson have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Port Gibson in 2022 was $37,204, 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 $148,816 for a family of four.
The people who call Port Gibson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Port Gibson residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Port Gibson include English, Italian, Irish, Polish, and German.
The most common language spoken in Port Gibson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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 Eastern European and Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Eastern European ancestry and 5.9% have Dutch ancestry.
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 Port Gibson are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 46.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.8% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 56.6% of America'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, 40.4% 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 24.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.3%), and 12.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Port Gibson, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (19.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.3%), and residents who report Italian roots (12.5%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (12.4%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (5.9%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (78.3%) 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 (10.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.